Gmail users can now add a Docs gadget to the sidebar of their Gmail inbox that will let them access files as well as drag and drop content into e-mails.By default the gadget shows a list of your most recently accessed documents, but you can change this to documents you own, you have opened or you have starred. And let's not forget search - you can find any document by typing a few letters into the search box.
Users interested in the gadget will have to add it themselves via Gmail Labs. To access it, sign into Gmail, click Settings, and select the Labs tab. Find the Google Docs gadget at the bottom of the page, click Enable, and save your changes. Gmail will reload with the Docs gadget intact.
This gadget isn't just about accessing your documents. You drag any document from the gadget into an email you are composing and the unique link to your document automatically shows up in your email--a quick and easy way to share your documents with others. Users can also create a document while composing an email with the "New" menu in the gadget.
