
Those who spent several hours replying their Gmails may find mouse pointing not as efficient as keyboard shortcuts, which often come in handy but difficult to master. Here comes GBoard. The Gmail-friendly keypad has a 19-button layout divided into 4 zones. The green-colored keys handle what most people would regard as the frequently used functions, such as email / thread navigation, select, open / close and inbox. Reply, reply all, forward, search and etc. sit in the blue zone. The yellow zone contains two keys: add star and archive. Lastly, the trash and spam key are colored in red for good reasons. It's also worth noting that there's no send to avoid accidental keystroke; however, you can hit tab-enter on your main keyboard to dispatch the email. There's no special software to install for Gboard to work on Windows and Mac. But to activate the keypad, you first have to enable keyboard shortcuts in Gmail settings. The Gboard doesn't seem to cover all the shortcuts as Gmail offers 69 of them. For $19.99 each, perhaps Google can give out the Gboard to AdWords advertisers and Adsense publishers as X'mas present. Video demo after the jump.
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