If you an avid Gmail user like myself then you are sure to know the pain of Gmail's contacts adding various people who email you into your contact list. For me this was one of my main issues with the service. This is slowly being fixed.

Gmail has just released My Contacts feature in your contacts section. You can now choose wiether or not Gmail automatically adds contacts for you or you add them manually. Now your contact list won't have to be cluttered with numerous address you either do not need or want.

With the implementation of Gmail Labs and now this It seems as if Google is taking all the right steps making Gmail the best web based email around.