I use gmail over IMAP, performance on IMAP hasnt changed a bit.
Ask HN: Anyone else find the new Gmail interface sluggish?
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#82How about that the back button takes you off site instead of back one email?
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#83I prefer using email clients than using the Gmail on web because of this particular reason. Their web app is painfully slow.
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#84All snark aside... You get what you pay for. I am slowly moving away from Google services. Paying in some cases reduces functions you might be used to, but also introduces freedom of ownership (well, maybe). But overall we are spoiled and I prefer using non mainstream services now.
imagine a world where user experience is modulated proportional to revenue generated through the user, to subtextually train us to spend money in the way they like.
>You get what you pay for
Could you try disabling google ads, buying a couple of products and report back if it improves the user experience?
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#85Set Gmail to default to basic HTML. You'll be happy you did. https://smallbusiness.chron.com/make-gmail-display-mail-basi...
Yes, I've switched to the HTML version permanently, and I hope others do the same. Maybe if Google sees enough people switching to HTML, they'll get an idea of how popular their new version is.
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#86It seems like almost everything Google related is sluggish. The new Google AdSense, the new Google Analytics, the new Google DoubleClick for Publishers, and to a lesser extent, the new Google Maps. These are all products I use that perform worse now (on modern hardware) compared to a decade ago. I really don't understand how this happens. Does no one at Google notice some of these services literally taking 10 seconds…
They have invested so many billions in their pipeline and committed so much head space that it's incredibly difficult to change their tech stack to improve performance. Users suffer because of poor performance but at least management can brag about compliance, code reuse, being able to quickly push out production code, etc.
Users suffer because of poor performance but at least management can brag about compliance, code reuse, being able to quickly push out production code, etc.
I've seen this type of behaviour become more prevalent especially within the last 5 years or so, and it's just as irritating to me --- especially when resolving user-complaints take a backseat to improving whatever useless metric-of-the-week the management have thought of.
It doesn't have to be "the customer is always right", but I've found that companies are increasingly becoming more deliberately ignorant of user's concerns and instead focusing on furthering their own agenda.
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#87I've written about how bad it is, and I've given feedback, and I try to use Gmail basic whenever possible now. That's how bad it is.
But Gmail basic doesn't support changing sender's address... and attachments is a bit backwards, so I still have to stick with this monstrosity.
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#88Earlier quoted context omitted.
I can understand asking people to update their browser, for security considerations.
My security, my choice. If i say no ('X') then they shouldn't keep nagging me.
Getting downvoted, so i'll add that i'm using a Chrome-based Chinese browser (UC) so have no control over the Chrome version.
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#89Am a googler (hence throwaway account) & I can easily tell you why this shit keeps happening! Google featureless ZERO penalties for fucking shit up! Zero! Do you know what the people who wasted two years on Allo got after it was canned? Nothing! Some of them actually got promoted! Google GREATLY encourages "launches" - releasing something publicly. And keep in mind - no penalties if the shit is half baked, not workin…
Sounds like a novel Joseph Heller wrote I read in high school featuring Major Major Major Major and a guy named Oar rowing to Sweden.
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#90Ugh, i've been delaying switching from Inbox. Still holding out hope that someone at Google lets that thing live somehow...
I avoided inbox on the web for the same reason as people are complaining about Gmail here; the mobile app is nice, but the web version was borderline unusable for me.
I felt similarly but the innovation Inbox brought to email was just too big to ignore. It was a new paradigm on how to use e-mail.
Killing Inbox is just another terrible decisions in a string of terrible decisions coming from Google. "Eh, only had a few million users anyways, who cares? What's product support? Everyone's a beta tester!"