Google+

How to Enable Email Feature on your Google+ Profile There is another crucial Google+ Tip that I forget to add in above post and so sharing it now as a separate post. Google+ includes an Email feature too but it’s disabled by default. So, one needs to enable the “Send an Email” feature if they want to Allow people to email them from a link on their profile. You can choose to allow: Anyone from the web, Extended circles, Your circles or a group of persons using the Custom option. To activate Email in Google+, just open your Google+ profile and click on Edit Profile. Then tap the ‘Send an email’ option present just below your profile badge. Tick mark the box and select all those whom you like to stay in touch with you via Google+ Email. After clicking Save, you will notice that ‘Send an email’ option has been enabled. One good thing is that your actual email address remains hidden from the sender. Also, if you email anyone then Google sends a copy of it at your Gmail email address too.

How to Chat with People in your Google+ Circle

Google+ has been introduced as a game changer for popular social networks like Facebook and Twitter. In just few days, a lot of people specially techies have joined Google+ and the experience is simply awesome. Yes, it’s pretty addictive and interesting too because I’ve never seen such prompt and ongoing interaction before between the members in a circle and unknown people too.

We recently shared 20 Google+ Tips that surely powers user experience on Google Plus. Now, here is another useful tip about which most don’t know “Chatting with Friends in your circle on Google+”. Of course, you can chat with people included in your Gmail contacts but furthermore, Google+ allows you to chat with people added to your Circle.

To enable this feature, just hover your mouse cursor over Chat option in Google+ and click on the grey drop-down arrow. Select ‘Circles’ and then Choose the circles you want to chat with. You can select several Circles namely: Acquaintances, Family, Friends and Following. It’s better to add circles with people whom you know like family and friends.

Note: Chatting would be possible only when People (whom you have added for Chat) have also enabled the Chat feature. You will then be able to chat when they’re online and available for Chat.

Only enable chat for people who you trust because:

When you appear in someone’s chat list in Google+, it’s possible that person could discover your email address. While your email address won’t be displayed in the chat list in Google+, it is displayed in the chat lists of other Google products (Gmail and iGoogle, for instance).

Hope you found this tip handy, do share it with your friends on Google+.

Update – The feature to Chat with people in your circles was removed back in July but Google has now added it back. You can now chat with anyone in your circles who also have you in their circles. You can also choose Custom circles who can chat with you. Any new circles created by you are allowed to chat with you by default.

If you prefer NOT to chat with anyone in your circles on Google+, then just go to Chat settings (select Privacy settings from drop-down menu), select Custom and uncheck all the circles to hide Google+ users from appearing in your Chat list.

Google+ Shortcut Keys

Key	Action
J	Scroll down to next Google+ stream update
K	Scroll up to previous Google+ stream update
QQ	Pressing Q twice moves your cursor the search box in the “chat” section of Google+
Space	Scroll down stream by regular intervals
Space + Shift	Scroll up stream by regular intervals
Enter	When a stream update is selected Enter moves your cursor to the comment box
Enter + Tab	Submit comment
@	@ followed by a username is used to mention someone in a post or share the post with them

Formatting Text in Google Plus

Key	Action
*	Use the * symbol to denote the beginning and end of bold text- *This would appear bold in Google+*
_	Use the _ symbol to denote the beginning and end of italics text- _This would appear in italics in Google+_
-	Use the – symbol to denote the beginning and end of strikethrough text - -This would appear in strikethrough in Google+ -