Gboard – The Gmail Keyboard For Shortcuts

Posted by Harendra G on December 7th, 2009

Are you a Gmailholic? And tired to memorize shortcut keys in your keyboard? If so the new Gboard be the need for you. Gboard is a specifically designed for Gmail users, introduced by Gboard.com (it is not affiliated with Google, Inc.).The Keys are programmed with macros that correspond to Gmail’s keyboard shortcuts. There’s no software required for Gboard to work on Windows and Mac OS X. But to activate the Gboard, first the user has to enable keyboard shortcuts in Gmail settings and the device simply connects via USB. The device comes with 19 shortcut keys and divided into 4 colors i.e. Blue, Orange, Red and Green.

Blue – Search, Results, Stars, Esc, Reply, Reply All, Forward and Compose.

Orange – Star and Archieve.

Red -Trash and Scan.

Green – N.thread, P.thread, Next, Previous, Select, Inbox and Open/Close.

Gboard Specifications:

Dimensions

  • BOX: 6.9 X 4.75 X 0.88 in / 176 x 116 x 22 mm
  • PRODUCT: 4.88 X 3.5 X .38 in / 130 X 88 X 9 mm

Weight

  • 0.3 lb / 0.14 kg (product + packaging)

System Requirements

  • Recent Apple OS
  • Recent Windows OS
  • Current Browser
  • USB port

Advantages:

  • No software installation required
  • The specially coloured labeled keys are easy to memorize
  • light weight keyboard – easy to carry

Disadvantages:

  • Unfortunately the Gboard doesn’t feature all of the 69 Gmail shortcuts.
  • Gboard comes only in black color
  • Gboard may be less useful if Gmail’s shortcut keys change.

Gboard

The Gboard is available for purchase via the company’s website for $19.99 + Tax.

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