The Further IM-ification of Email

By Paul Kedrosky · Thursday, November 9, 2006 ·
Google continues to blur the differences between email and IM with a new feature released tonight:
Embarassment-reducing new message notifications
Ever replied to a message only to find out that someone sent a better, smarter reply right before you? Now, if someone sends a reply while you're in the middle of reading a conversation (or replying to it), you'll get a notification that a new message has arrived. Click "update conversation" to see what you’ve missed.

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