Introducing the new compose in Gmail

#1

Post by derpenxyne » Tue, Oct 30, 2012, 4:04 PM UTC

Introducing the new compose in Gmail
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Re: Introducing the new compose in Gmail

#2

Post by asadotzler » Tue, Oct 30, 2012, 4:22 PM UTC

Is this really a step forward? It feels a little bit like a step backwards -- more like classic email clients and less like Gmail.

Re: Introducing the new compose in Gmail

#3

Post by akkartik » Tue, Oct 30, 2012, 4:25 PM UTC

asadotzler wrote: post #2

Is this really a step forward? It feels a little bit like a step backwards -- more like classic email clients and less like Gmail.

Hmm, how do you mean? I don't see how it's like classic email clients.

Re: Introducing the new compose in Gmail

#4

Post by nixarn » Tue, Oct 30, 2012, 4:27 PM UTC

I think it looks great. Many times I've opened gmail in another tab to find some info.

Re: Introducing the new compose in Gmail

#5

Post by stephenhuey » Tue, Oct 30, 2012, 4:27 PM UTC

asadotzler wrote: post #2

Is this really a step forward? It feels a little bit like a step backwards -- more like classic email clients and less like Gmail.

What feels the most like classic email clients is the way they abstract recipients by placing the contact's name into a box and no longer display the email address next to it. The pretty box is fine, but I hated seeing contacts on an email in something like Outlook and not being able to quickly confirm which address was used for that contact, so perhaps it'd be better if they had these recipients in a scrollable list.

Re: Introducing the new compose in Gmail

#6

Post by stephenhuey » Tue, Oct 30, 2012, 4:28 PM UTC

I will enjoy this a lot, because I do often save drafts to go looking for some other message in my inbox. However, I think it saves valuable seconds, not minutes. :-)

Re: Introducing the new compose in Gmail

#7

Post by tomasien » Tue, Oct 30, 2012, 4:29 PM UTC

I can see the merits of this, but I'm curious about how it fits into a mobile strategy.

My big complaint about email, especially gmail, is that it seems to insist on keeping too many elements from desktop to mobile. My mobile email needs are much more like my SMS needs, yet the UX for mobile Gmail (for example) largely resembles the desktop client.

I know that's tangential, but it's what's on my mind regarding Gmail right now.

Re: Introducing the new compose in Gmail

#8

Post by ComputerGuru » Tue, Oct 30, 2012, 4:29 PM UTC

akkartik wrote: post #3

asadotzler wrote: post #2

Is this really a step forward? It feels a little bit like a step backwards -- more like classic email clients and less like Gmail.

Hmm, how do you mean? I don't see how it's like classic email clients.

Windowing.

Re: Introducing the new compose in Gmail

#9

Post by blhack » Tue, Oct 30, 2012, 4:30 PM UTC

Good.

The most annoying thing to me about gmail's interface is center-clicking on something (to reference it, like something in a mailing list) and having the entire window redirected.

This is cool :)

Re: Introducing the new compose in Gmail

#10

Post by joshmlewis » Tue, Oct 30, 2012, 4:31 PM UTC

You can still open up emails in the larger view, If I'm not mistaken. I can see and have experienced the issue they are attempting to solve here and this seems like an ok solution. I guess we won't know until we try it. Most emails are short however, at least that should be your goal unless it's something more detailed and then you have a larger canvas to work with.