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With this little enhancement, you will now be able to search the web from Gmail without leaving your Gmail window.
Turn it on from the Labs tab under Settings, you’ll see a new search box on the left side of your inbox.
Type your search in, and a window (like a chat window, but a bit bigger) appears at the bottom of your screen with the first few search results.
Clicking on a search result and it’ll open up in another window (or another tab) so you can make sure it’s what you’re looking for. Once you’re sure it’s a result you need, moving your mouse over the result back in Gmail reveals a pull-down menu that lets you do stuff with the search result.
According to the Gmail Blog, what’s in the menu depends on what you’re doing in Gmail:

• If you’re reading a message, you can start a reply to the message with the search result as the first thing in your reply.
• If you’re writing a message, you can paste the result, or just the URL into your message.
• If you’re chatting with someone, you can send the result via chat.
• You can also always compose a new message to send the search result.

As the enhancements increase, it is becoming more and difficult to move out of the Gmail window.

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