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Please Google, let us revert to the classic Gmail look

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Re: Please Google, let us revert to the classic Gmail look

#12
For me it's not about look but speed: Gmail simply can't put text in the compose box as fast as I can type it.

Gmail is the slowest web app I use.

From what I've read Google, for whatever reason, don't care about Gmail perf and use slow deprecated APIs in Firefox and Edge even when faster ones are available. The DOM looks like garbage with massive amounts of unnecessary elements.

It's basically the opposite pf everything every Chrome Developer Advocate says about web performance.

Re: Please Google, let us revert to the classic Gmail look

#15

My biggest problem with the new UI is the font. Roboto, or whatever font they are using, is terrible to read a lot of small text. I wish the font could be set to Helvetica or disable web fonts for Gmail.

ublock/umatrix can disable web fonts for a domain.

Re: Please Google, let us revert to the classic Gmail look

#17
post #6

Seen this type of comment thread before countless times on the Google support forum. They'll placate the complainers by saying they're listening to feedback and then only pay heed to the positive comments and not change a thing. De rigeur for businesses. The general type of dishonesty is quite amazing. Yes, people are maybe excessively resistant to change, but when everyone is telling you something sucks, your custom…

It's de rigeur for bad businesses. Especially considering many gsuite users are paying customers.

Re: Please Google, let us revert to the classic Gmail look

#18

Everyone hates UI changes. Wait 6 months and it will be the new normal.

Seriously, every time big company does large UX change, there is a post like this asking how to revert.

Sources:

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/help/community/question/?id=1020032...

Reddit - https://www.reddit.com/r/redesign/comments/8w03ms/is_it_poss...

Re: Please Google, let us revert to the classic Gmail look

#19
post #7

It just force-updated for me. I had clicked the "wait two weeks" (or however many weeks) prompts, delaying the inevitable, but had thought I would at least still be able to click the "revert" button as soon as the change occurred. There was no button this time. So I clicked through to the "simple HTML" version as soon as the link presented itself at the bottom of the fancy new splash screen and have been a little les…

Yup, the 5s+ delay difference with the new version was the exact kick in the butt I needed to finish my migration to fastmail.

Re: Please Google, let us revert to the classic Gmail look

#20
post #5

Interesting. I switched to the new Gmail, and I actually can't remember what the old one looked like already. I'm sure Google will do just fine ignoring all these requests and their billion+ users will adapt.

I got in a bad car accident. Neck back hurt. I can't remember what it felt like before. Not sure I'm better off now.
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