Last Friday was my 25th birthday. Yay. Three days earlier though, Gmail introduced a new labs feature that two of my friends quickly put to good use:

On the subject of Gmail labs, if you’re not using them yet, you should click the * in Gmail, wade through, and add a bunch — they can make a huge difference in your email productivity and enjoyment. I use 23 of them right now. My current favorite is Search Autocomplete, which will finish a lot of the searches you make within Gmail. If you’re like me and your memory is only as good as your ability to search your inbox, it’s really useful. It comes in especially handy while searching your email for those sent from a friend whose username you always blank on or when you don’t know the exact search operator to use. Autocomplete is also great when you’re just too lazy to type everything out!

*note: if you don’t have labs enabled, you might have to go enable them in settings first before you’ll see the green flask ()