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I feel like Gmail went from being Photoshop to Draw Something

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Re: I feel like Gmail went from being Photoshop to Draw Something

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One easy solution to this (and many other general email mishaps) is to enable Gmail's undo button for sending email: https://support.google.com/mail/answer/1284885?hl=en

That's a workaround of sorts, not a solution.

It solves the problem for the most part, which is what's important here. We're not building a rocket.

Re: I feel like Gmail went from being Photoshop to Draw Something

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I'm torn between strongly agreeing with these points and wanting to comment pointing out that none of them matter..... I hate change for change's sake, but the new gmail compose window has made me more efficient. It took some getting used to however. Responses to the points made in the article: 1) I can’t easily delete my signatures. Forget about deleting your sig and generally cleaning up email threads. Decent email…

Rapportive works great for me, it is an awesome tool.

Re: I feel like Gmail went from being Photoshop to Draw Something

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That's a workaround of sorts, not a solution.

It solves the problem for the most part, which is what's important here. We're not building a rocket.

This shouldn't BE a problem in the first place... and that's just the problem.

Re: I feel like Gmail went from being Photoshop to Draw Something

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post #118

Does anyone really think Photoshop is a good UX for mass consumption (which is obviously the target for Gmail)? I've been using it since version 2, and I think it's a great product, but for new users it's a miserably difficult product to learn, especially for any kind of casual use. There's a reason why users love apps like Draw Something or (more relevantly) Instagram or Paper. They're able to easily achieve the res…

I spend a vast amount of time every day in Photoshop and Illustrator. I got bored with uploading screenshots some time ago, but here's a small collection of my day-to-day interactions with the software. http://bad-adobe.tumblr.com/

This is actually pretty entertaining. I always thought of the Photoshop interface to "alright", but I may reconsider my position.

Re: I feel like Gmail went from being Photoshop to Draw Something

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What you're arguing for is better parent-child discussion relationship management in Gmail. Something like Gmail + Google Group at a much deeper integration level, with the Google Groups part not sucking like Google Groups does now. Also, I'd love if I could take a mailing list thread (like from NANOG), and with one-click blow it out onto a thread on something like Stack Exchange. Email needs to continue to evolve. I…

A la Google Wave?

Sort of? I can definitely see design elements from Wave in what I'm suggesting; maybe more like a collaborative/group version of www.mailboxapp.com.

Re: I feel like Gmail went from being Photoshop to Draw Something

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There seems to be this tendency for good UIs to degrade over time. A good UI usually comes from someone who knows the basic principles of good UI design: unit economy, intuitiveness, ergonomics, simplicity/minimalism, uniformity, etc. But then, later, people "improve" on this original design template.

Re: I feel like Gmail went from being Photoshop to Draw Something

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post #74

Here's another total usability fail: Tab sends the e-mail you're currently writing instead of indenting text. Everywhere else tab indents text, and when you write an e-mail in gmail you'd expect it to act consistently with how it's used everywhere else. Start writing in gmail, hit tab to indent some text. Congratulations you've now sent half an e-mail to you boss.... I can't fathom who thought this was a good idea.

I love it that way. They are not supposed to break normal behavior by changing how tab works normally in a browser. I use Tab and Shift+Tab all time.

Re: I feel like Gmail went from being Photoshop to Draw Something

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post #79

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Ctrl + Shift + 8? You gotta be shitting me! Ctrl + ] & [ to indent? What's wrong with Tab & Shift-Tab, like in every other app?

Shift + 8 = * Seems like a sensible mnemonic to me.

Sensible, perhaps, but I may not have figured that out if it weren't pointed out to me.

Re: I feel like Gmail went from being Photoshop to Draw Something

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post #58

I have new compose disabled. It's just more incompetent UI design from Google. Even their search page is bad. There are two menu bars after I run a search including two More drop downs and the poorly named Search Tools which seems to change frequently as they A/B test ever worse designs on me. I was hoping Marissa leaving would allow them to hire real designers.

I agree. I am annoyed by the two menu bars, and also +You thing. Further i used Google Scholar regularly, but now I cannot find it even in the drop down menu. I cannot customize those menu bars, according to my use case. Also, there used to be an option to search videos, instead it has now been replaced with a Youtube option. It is amazing, Google used to be so custom friendly, atleast I perceived them to be...and with advent of G+..........
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