Today the Gmail blog posted an article about a new Labs add-on named ‘Mark Unread From Here.’ This add-on is a great extension to Gmail’s famous thread view.
Imagine the following scenario: you get into the office in the morning and open up your mailbox. You find a thread with 15 emails that have piled up over night from people in other timezones. You start reading through the messages but only have time to read the first three messages. By default, Gmail would mark the entire thread as read, even though you only read the first three messages. This is obviously not a great behavior.
Luckily, the ‘Mark Unread From Here’ add-on can help you. With the add-on installed, you can simply select ‘Mark Unread From Here’ on the message below the last message you read, creating a state of the message that reflects your situation.
Here’s a direct-link to Gmail Labs.
