Gmail just keeps getting better and better, and now they are trying to make sure you never have to download anything to your computer ever again.

Back in December, Google added the ability to view PDFs to Gmail so that you didn’t have to download them any more.  This was a major moment in the history of the service, and one this writer couldn’t have been more thrilled about.  To continue the fight against downloading files, they have now added the ability to view PowerPoint presentations and TIFF image files to their arsenal of features.

Unlike so many other new features of late, you don’t have to do anything to activate these new features, they are automatically in your inbox.  This is a very welcome new set of tools for someone such as myself who is constantly sent presentations and hi-res images to view.  No longer will I have to download them just to discover I have no real use for them, and then go through the trouble of getting them off my system.  Also, the less items you have to download, the lower the risk of you getting any viruses.

Keep it up Google, you will soon make all of us forget email ever existed before you!