This new feature in Gmail Labs is called Inbox Preview: while Gmail is loading, a simple, static preview of your inbox with your ten most recent messages is displayed..
More info: http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2009/05/new-in-labs-inbox-preview.html [7]
Links:
[1] http://pulse.veltsos.com/category/it/blogging
[2] http://pulse.veltsos.com/category/it/email
[3] http://pulse.veltsos.com/category/it/google
[4] http://pulse.veltsos.com/category/it/innovation
[5] http://pulse.veltsos.com/category/it/web
[6] http://linux.philosweb.com/drupal/files/image_2_93.png
[7] http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2009/05/new-in-labs-inbox-preview.html