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April Fools in Tech Land: Comic Sans and Google Motion

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 2, 2011

“Not to be outdone, the Gmail team said it was introducing
something called Gmail Motion — gesture commands for email
users. They even produced a snappy video and a printable guide to
sample gestures. (To reply, you point backward with your thumb. To
reply all, use both hands.)

“And the company posted a job listing Friday for an
“autocompleter,” someone to guess what users are searching for and
type in the rest of the word before they can, so it will be added
to the list of suggestions given by Google.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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