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For those of you who use Google's online mail, the Google folks are currently in the process of rolling out a great new theme feature. Although custom themes have been available in the past from various 3rd party vendors, Google's constant updates to Gmail's underlying structure resulted in frequent style-sheet breakages.

With the addition of Google's own custom Gmail Themes, these breakages are no longer an issue because the bulk of the themes are developed internally. Plus, there are quite a few themes from which to pick and choose. As an added bonus, several of the themes available are time- or weather-based, resulting in different background images or color schemes depending on the time of day or your local weather.

Due to the sheer number of users taking advantage of GMail, Google has stated that Themes may not be available for everyone yet. But they are steadily working towards making this option available to all Gmail users as soon as possible. If you see a Themes option under your Gmail Settings, then congratulations, you've been upgraded. If not, just give it a day or two and check back. It should be available very soon.