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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

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Post by com2kid »

alphakappa wrote: post #11

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

It took over 20 seconds for the compose Window to pop up today.

Yes it was the first time on load, but why did Gmail take 30 seconds to load before it was usable? Why did a website take as long to load as my entire OS? 32GB of RAM, 4+4 cores, what the hell is going on?

I just tested again, 34 seconds from hitting enter at "gmail.com" to getting a compose window loaded.

Gmail used to be lightening fast, an example of what an amazing HTML5 webapp could be. Now it is a joke.

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

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Post by microwavecamera »

I can't stand the new gmail. It's ridiculously slow and doesn't do anything new. The trick I've been using to get around having to use the new interface is using the mobile interface instead. Here's the link:

https://mail.google.com/mail/mu/mp

You might have to log out completely. It works consistently when I open it in a private window on Firefox 62. Also you'll probably get a prompt to install the mobile app, just click the "not interested" link at the bottom of the page. Your mileage may vary.

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

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Post by TheSpiceIsLife »

inlined wrote: post #51
TheSpiceIsLife wrote: post #44

I don’t consider there to be anything technically interesting here, neither with regard to design. Flag and move on. As others have mentioned: a vocal minority always dislike UI changes, but in six months it will be the new normal. One thing I will say though, it’s starting to look like we’ve run out of good UI changes and what we’re served up now is the refried beans / day old reheated leftovers of UI design. Anyway…

>> Email, for me, is way too important to have no paid support Paid support (and other features) is $1.99/mo. https://one.google.com/about

Oh! I didn't realise that, wow! Well, that's interesting. Hmmmmmmmmm.

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

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Post by carlospwk »

This is one of those things where I'm baffled by how strongly people feel about the re-design. In fact it doesn't even feel like a 're-design' to me since the layout is more or less identical to the previous version. I've had zero issues with using the updated look and I actually enjoy that it looks more modern now. If you don't like it, why not just switch to an actual email client and forget about the web interface?

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

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Post by thinkingemote »

debaserab2 wrote: post #53
dreamcompiler wrote: post #26

Same thing happened with Google maps a couple of years ago. They changed the UI to one a lot less functional, gave users an option to use the old UI for a while, then took it away. Now we're stuck with gmaps that are much worse than they used to be. Product managers at Google (and everywhere else) don't get promoted for leaving good products alone.

What functionality did the old google maps have that the current one doesn't?

It had features that appealed to early adopters and not just advertisers and lowest common denominator users on futuristic hardware

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

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Post by thinkingemote »

darren_ wrote: post #128
taeric wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It will be the normal, but this has been a disaster. The fact that I get a loading indicator in an email is ridiculously annoying.

There's been a loading indicator in gmail since at least the first whitespace-y redesign (2011? 2012?)

Now we have a loading indicator and an animated image for the user to watch the progress as they need that.

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

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Post by thinkingemote »

vmware513 wrote: post #54

I'm a big fun of the latest GMail and of the modern Google Map. I think, their changes are usually based on thorough UX research. It is normal, there are a strong minority, who cannot get used to new user interfaces and cannot accept changes... Luckily there are alternative services, so they can use something else. ;)

Design is for people.

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

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Post by thinkingemote »

TheSpiceIsLife wrote: post #44

I don’t consider there to be anything technically interesting here, neither with regard to design. Flag and move on. As others have mentioned: a vocal minority always dislike UI changes, but in six months it will be the new normal. One thing I will say though, it’s starting to look like we’ve run out of good UI changes and what we’re served up now is the refried beans / day old reheated leftovers of UI design. Anyway…

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https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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

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Post by c0nducktr »

djsumdog wrote: post #39
dreamcompiler wrote: post #26

Same thing happened with Google maps a couple of years ago. They changed the UI to one a lot less functional, gave users an option to use the old UI for a while, then took it away. Now we're stuck with gmaps that are much worse than they used to be. Product managers at Google (and everywhere else) don't get promoted for leaving good products alone.

The layout takes up more of the screen, which I kinda like, but my issue was always how terrible terribly slow it is now. It's so laggy, compared to competitors like Here and OSM. The Fruit co could probably give Google a run if they opened up a web version. Google Maps on Android is almost entirely unusable now. It's so god damn slow on my Sony Z5c running Lineage. The combination of Maps and Google Services updates…

Google is just incredibly unreliable. The one Google app which I've really taken to over the past few years is Inbox, so of course it's being discontinued.

I pay for Google Music, and doing so gets you access to the Youtube Premium + the youtube app /w no ads. But despite the two applications being related, the UI teams don't appear to be on the same page, which has resulted in the 'thumbs up' and 'thumbs down' button to be in opposite placement depending on which app you're using. It's infuriating if you've already basically built in muscle memory from Google Music.

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