Type gmail, hit ctrl+enter, and you get to "www.gmail.com". You'll save the entire round trip to google, rendering time, and a click. Personally, I use firefox

Type gmail, hit ctrl+enter, and you get to "www.gmail.com". You'll save the entire round trip to google, rendering time, and a click. Personally, I use firefox, so I just type "ne<enter>" to get to "news.ycombinator.com". Its history-based autocompletion is simply perfect.