This is the first change in a long time which looks promising for Gmail :)
A new Gmail inbox
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Re: A new Gmail inbox
#262kinda hard to trust google on this, after all they announcing this on a webpage that screws up scrolling on modern touch devices...
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#263Earlier quoted context omitted.
Given how obnoxious the new compose it, it is getting hard to trust them to do the right thing with Gmail.
Enable keyboard shortcuts and then press "d" to open a new tab full of Compose.
Nice, thank you. I dislike new compose, but am finding big advantages as well because its forced me to learn keyboard shortcuts.
Now if only there was a shortcut for 'reply/forward in new tab' or I could change the default size for cmd+r reply in new window or gmail remembered the dimensions I last resized the new window to.
Re: A new Gmail inbox
#264An unrelated bug that seems to have shipped today: you can reliably deny an iOS user access to the Gmail mobile Web application in Safari and also the iOS Gmail application if you send them an e-mail which (1) ends up in their inbox and (2) has an attached .ics calendar invitation. They'll be forcibly logged out & redirected to the auth screen once they load their inbox in mobile view if their inbox contains a message with an .ics invitation file.
On the flip side, if you see this behavior, you can log in, search for [in:inbox .ics], select all the results, and choose "archive". Neat bug.
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#265Google is definitely dropping pre-honeycomb support as all their apps going holo way.
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#266Earlier quoted context omitted.
Given how obnoxious the new compose it, it is getting hard to trust them to do the right thing with Gmail.
I've switched back to the Basic Html interface, and found it surprisingly good.
How did you manage this? I tried to switch to Basic HTML after the new compose box rolled out, but couldn't find the setting for it anywhere.
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#267Earlier quoted context omitted.
I've switched back to the Basic Html interface, and found it surprisingly good.
How did you manage this? I tried to switch to Basic HTML after the new compose box rolled out, but couldn't find the setting for it anywhere.
Append &ui=html to the querystring.
It's an unadulterated Gmail 1.0 html-only UI. Very 2004.
Personally, if I try to use it for more than 30 seconds I want to die. But YMMV.
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#268Earlier quoted context omitted.
Given how obnoxious the new compose it, it is getting hard to trust them to do the right thing with Gmail.
Just FWIW, I love the new Gmail compose as well. It is indeed useful to be able to go through and consult previous emails without doing the back and forth for writing one mail. And I really love Gmail for all the small convenience things they keep on doing, like including a 'Track Package' button in the 'product shipping' email's subject itself ! As far as I know, they were the first to do many innovative things, lik…
the in-page-pop-up composer is just a lame substitute for people that don't know how to click "Compose" with the middle button (or pressing the modifier key of choice). Well, you don't even have to know that, just open a new tab and type gmail and you can reference your other emails while writing.
the problem with google launch for that feature is that they DID NOT give the choice.
So, people that is not slow and know how to use tabs effectively, got their writing space crippled. and it became a pain to actually see the email i wanted under the in-page-popup composer. because you know, some people have 10inch screens.
at least now they made it available to go back to the old format. ...that will give me a few more months to look to a gmail alternative.
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#269Earlier quoted context omitted.
While this UI might have changed a little, the feature set isn't new. The Smartlabels Gmail Labs experiment does the same automatic categorizing and filtering. I have used the experiment for a while and it is really pretty good about knowing what is what and in turn minimizing the amount of email that I see as soon as it arrives. In my experience it has been much more helpful than priority inbox system that Google ro…
That's what the Gmail Labs is for: testing features before some of them being released to everyone.
google labs is fun for a minute
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#270Earlier quoted context omitted.
While this UI might have changed a little, the feature set isn't new. The Smartlabels Gmail Labs experiment does the same automatic categorizing and filtering. I have used the experiment for a while and it is really pretty good about knowing what is what and in turn minimizing the amount of email that I see as soon as it arrives. In my experience it has been much more helpful than priority inbox system that Google ro…
That's what the Gmail Labs is for: testing features before some of them being released to everyone.
google labs is fun for a minute