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Gmail now allows custom background images
Ricardo Trejo
When selecting a background image for Gmail did you ever feel limited by your selection? Well, I’ll tell you that I was. There was only one that I could find that really spoke to me, but after months of having it stare back at while checking my mail I was ready for something new. Thankfully, Google is now allowing you to upload custom backgrounds.
While Gmail has had the option to “create your own theme” for a while, which only consists of changing the color of the text, links, and text background, it seems like they finally caved in and gave the people what they wanted — a means to actually personalize their inbox.
Gmail’s blog had these kind words for the feature’s release:
“Themes in Gmail are great — there are tons to choose from and they give your inbox a personalized look. But we’ve heard from many of you who thought it would be even better if you could give Gmail an even more personalized look and create themes completely on your own.
For a while, you’ve been able to set your own colors, and starting today you can customize your inbox with your own background image too.
Just go to the Themes tab in Settings and choose “Create your own theme.” There, you can select background images for the main area and the footer.”
If you want your custom image to look correctly though, you are going to have to toy around with the text colors and all that jazz, but in the end you’ll have something all your own; a personal inbox.
