Ryan Singel on Gmail: E-mail is Saved

Another interesting post by Wired's Ryan Singel, this time on a new feature in gmail that prioritizes your e-mail based on what you usually read first and respond to.  As Singel notes in his story, that may not seem like much but it does make the process of going through messages much more pleasant.

In the full browser version of Gmail, the priority inbox is on top, followed by the items you have starred, and then finally the rest of your messages in a stream as usual, with most recent on top. While that might sound complicated, after testing it over the weekend, I’d be angry if I had to go back. The new feature went live at midnight ET.

I love it when technology conspires to solve a problem I didn't know I had.  Singel seems to share that sense of excitement, which comes across in the blog.  Most of his best stuff comes out when he is taking apart something stupid - but this time he got to write about something smart and he has fun with that too.