Garett Rogers of Googling Google reports, that --"interface has remained largely untouched since it launched, but get ready, it’s soon to undergo a change in what they describe as a “New Version�. Only a select few people have access to use the new interface — mainly employees and trusted people outside the company called Trusted Testers."

One of my readers, who wishes to remain anonymous, stumbled across an interesting snippet of text (which I confirmed exists) spilling the beans on a new version of Gmail that is either currently being tested, or about to be released to testing in short order. It’s small, but telling — here is a screenshot of the text he was asked to translate.

He further writes --"two new features that will be launched either before, or after Gmail 2.0:"

Google Gears integration: It was hinted at in recent reports, but there has been no hard evidence of Google’s plans to integrate Google Gears with Gmail until now. Two snippets of text are in the translation queue that, to me, prove beyond any doubt that Gears will be a part of Gmail. The two snippets of text are “Gears not installed� and “Disable Local Store� as seen in the screenshots below.

View account activity: Have you ever had the suspicion that someone has been logging into your email account? Or do you just want peace of mind knowing that you are the only one accessing your account? You will soon be able to see how many computers or browser sessions are currently in your account and their IP address. In addition to real-time account activity, it appears you will be able to see past account activity too. Here are some of the snippets of text that will be used: “This account is currently being used in {number} other locations�, and “Last account activity: at IP [details]�.

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