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Google has added yet another
eye-candy feature to its web-
based email service - Gmail. Over
two years ago, Google had added
themes in Gmail which certainly
impressed several users, geeks
and Gmail loyalists. Today
onwards, Google will let you
customize your Gmail with any
image or your own custom image
for the background. Yes, you can
customize your Gmail with Kelly
Clarkson's wallpaper, Dark Knight
Rises Poster, or even a photo of
your own. Wonder why took
Gmail so long to introduce this
feature.
Do note that adding a huge image
to your Gmail background might
make your web browser a wee bit
slower. To customize background
image on Gmail, go to Themes
Tabs in Settings or just click here
https://accounts.google.com/ServiceLogin?service=mail&passive=true&continue=https://mail.google.com/mail/?shva%3D1%26ui%3Dmobile%26zyp%3Dl&scc=1&ltmpl=ecobx&nui=5&btmpl=mobile#settings/themes
to go there directly in Gmail. In
the Themes tab, the last option is
"Create your own theme" where
you must click and a pop-up
window will show up. Over there,
you'll get a wireframe like
snapshot of your Gmail, where
you can customize the different
areas with the colors of your
choice. Click on the small box on
top left corner of that window to
give you a drop-down menu
about colors and an option to
upload image. Check out the
image below to find the upload
image option where in you can
pull image from Picasa or upload
directly from your computer.