Chrome (Mac): If you’re a Gmail user on the Mac, here’s a handy tip: you can preview the contents of a message with a two-finger tap.
Lifehacker reader Brodie wrote in to tell us about this unexpected discovery:
I just had something crazy happen. When you use two finger tap (on Mac with Chrome) on a message in your inbox in Gmail it gives you a preview of the message. Really handy to see what is in it without opening it!
If you haven’t already discovered this for yourself and like multi-touch gestures, it’s a good addition to the repertoire. Thanks Brodie!
Stan V
Monday, November 15, 2010 at 2:14 PMHa! Awesome! i shall try this tonight! Thanks!!!
paul
Monday, November 15, 2010 at 2:59 PMdoesn’t work for me: i get a pop-up menu with chrome commands. which version of chrome are you guys using? or is it maybe an extension that performs the magic?
DJ Bouche
Monday, November 15, 2010 at 3:10 PMuhhh… this is actually the Message Sneak Peek feature..
“Message Sneak Peek
by Manu C and Jonathan K
Peek into a conversation without opening it by right-clicking on a message in your inbox.”
as you know, two finger taps on a Mac trackpad is the equivalent to a right-click.
Meaning you can achieve the same thing on Windows.
Note, that this is Labs feature.
olearymo
Tuesday, November 16, 2010 at 4:23 PMyeah, um, isn’t this just right-click?
Cool though. But far from a macbook thing