Gmail email service has received many features and enhancements recently, in addition to a radical redesign of the user interface. However, the service still lacks some real add-ons that all users need and not a specific category of them. Here highlights the role of the numerous Google Chrome browser add-ons that aim to help those who consider Gmail a part of their daily lives, perhaps by providing a shortcut that saves them many difficult things, or adding a feature you have been hoping for for a long time. These are really useful and important add-ons, and the creative writer Diaa Ammar has previously reviewed 9 Gmail add-ons for Google Chrome, but that is not all that the Google add-on store contains. Let’s shed light below on 4 other add-ons that deserve your try without hesitation.
The KeyRocket add-on is a very distinctive add-on that helps you learn how to use all keyboard shortcuts while using the Gmail service, thus improving your way of using it until you become a professional in dealing with the service elements using the keyboard only!. Once installed on the browser and open the Gmail site and login, the add-on will start displaying suggestions and shortcuts that you can use for the actions you perform regularly. For example, when you press the Reply button to reply to a message, a window will appear suggesting a keyboard shortcut that you can use next time to reply easily. So, it is worth trying and using. It is also available for use on Microsoft Office suite like Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint…etc.
Second Add-on: PixelBlock
The PixelBlock add-on is a very simple add-on but performs an important function for some, which is to know whether the sender is using a tracking method that informs him that you have opened and read the message. There are many services that track email messages to detect whether the recipient has opened the message or not… This is exactly like the check marks in the WhatsApp application!. Anyway, after installing the add-on on the browser, an “red eye” icon will appear on the message at the top indicating that this sender is using a tracking service that has been blocked, the add-on even shows you the name of this service in front of the source.
Third Add-on: Digify
The Digify add-on allows you to manage the attachments you include in your email messages before actually sending them. It gives you many options to control these attachments whether they are images, PDF documents, videos…etc. In the next times you try to send an attachment with the email after installing this add-on, you will be able to specify access permissions, download permission, add a watermark if it is an image, you can even set an expiration date to prevent the recipient from opening it after a specific date. You can also activate the ability to track the number of people who have viewed these attachments and whether they have been forwarded to another email. The add-on is not completely free, but requires upgrading to the paid version to take advantage of all the features it offers.
Fourth Add-on: Checker Plus for Gmail
The Checker Plus for Gmail add-on is a real add-on for the Gmail service, especially for those who have more than one account on the service and want to constantly switch between the accounts. The add-on uses an easy-to-use drop-down menu that you can access with one click on its icon next to the address bar. Through this menu, you can manage your accounts, reply to incoming messages without actually needing to open a tab in the browser. In addition to managing accounts and replying to messages, it includes other features such as sound notifications when you are away from the computer, monitoring messages that come to custom categories. The add-on remains running in the background even when Chrome is closed.
