How to find unread/chat messages in Gmail
Ever notice that Gmail doesn’t have a “view unread messages” option? Well, I figured out an easy way to find all unread messages. Simply type this into the search field for Gmail: “label:unread” … voila! All your unread messages. Similarly, I tried “label:chat”, and that gave me all my chat archives. Of course, you could always click the “Chats” link in Gmail to see this same information, but this is useful from my cell phone because for some reason the mobile version of Gmail and the Gmail java app don’t allow you to easily see your chat archives. Try it out!
Update: You can actually abbreviate “label” with simply “l” (that is, an uppercase or lowercase “L”). So, “label:chat” becomes “l:chat”.