New in Gmail: Inserting images

adoption rate of google apps is on the rise. bigger and bigger companies are looking into gmail, and are wanting the features that outlook/others have.

http://www.google.com/insights/search/#q=google%20apps&c...

I thought I read somewhere that they had to do a ton of work on the backend to handle scaling etc and can now switch to adding features/frontend things.

Really cool to see the new features fly out though.

A colleague of mine just sold his Facebook app and went back to the Gmail team. I'd like to think it was him.

Gmail needs a better way to deal with Contacts. The current situation is archaic, lacking both UI polish and underlying functionality.

I use gmail for one of my personal accounts and would consider switching in an instant (yes, and even pay) for a gmail like service with really good address book features and mobile device integration (a client that would run on my Linux boxes wouldn't hurt either). I am so amazed they have done nothing in this area - I though the Android involvement would make this happen, but it seems not, at least so far.

As a point of interest, does anybody know of any features that have migrated out of Labs on the default setup? I think the initial concept of Labs is good, but it only works if stuff makes it out of there. Otherwise it becomes a partially used dumping ground for half-baked ideas.

Sorry if the above comes a bit strong, my google experiences have been quite frustrating of late.

yeah, we at Posterous are happy to have this built into gmail. Our users are going to love it. But, you could always do inline images with Posterous by using a rich client like Mail or Thunderbird.