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

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Post by liftbigweights »

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.

> Product managers at Google (and everywhere else) don't get promoted for leaving good products alone.

Sad but true. Redesign is also a great way for managers to increase their budgets.

"If it ain't broke, redesign it."

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

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Post by moogly »

inpdx wrote: post #35
itake wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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...

Old reddit is still available and still better.

New reddit looks like a fake spam site and is completely unreadable at a glance.

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

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Post by elcomet »

dreamcompiler wrote: post #112
themodelplumber wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Man, last week a friend asked me to set him up with an email account through Dreamhost shared hosting. My first reaction was "who does this anymore" but after 10 minutes passed (he already had a website there) I was sending him IMAP server information and thinking, "I have got to move on something like this, I'll bet it's 200% faster than current GMail." It's not going to be a GSuite-level toolset for him, of course,…

I've been on a shared-host IMAP server for 20 years. I use my own domains and Tbird or another IMAP client. The host has excellent spam filtering (spam assassin & procmail) and doesn't spy on me. I even use gmail (but rarely) through an IMAP client. That way I never have to see their web UI. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

> and doesn't spy on me

How do you know this ?

Do you mind giving the name of the shared hosting?

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

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Post by kevsim »

gedy wrote: post #4

It's funny, I absolutely love Inbox, but that's going away in favor of the "improved" Gmail which supposedly incorporated many things from Inbox - but I can't stand the new Gmail either.

Ditto. I finally bit the bullet this week and made the switch from Inbox back to Gmail since Inbox is headed to the guillotine.

So far I’m finding it awful. Miss my bundling and I miss swiping to snooze on iOS (swiping both directions archives in iOS though I’ve heard it’s configurable in Android)

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

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Post by hoffs »

JoshuaAshton wrote: post #101
bsimpson wrote: post #66

Speaking personally (I happen to work at Google, but not on mail): The combinatorics of supporting multiple versions of a product get expensive very quickly. It's the same reason that web platform changes now affect evergreen browsers directly (even with the occasional breaking change), rather than introducing more modes like quirks and strict. Every variant you introduce grows the surface area for bugs and security…

I mean... if it takes 23 seconds to load on my machine, and the old version took less than 3, maybe its not worth maintaining the new version to begin with. Just a thought.

If it takes 23 seconds to load you definitely have an issue and not new Gmail.

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

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Post by pmmeboobs »

EGreg wrote: post #118
robin_reala wrote: post #82

Earlier quoted context omitted.

MapBox? It’s been a few years since I’ve used it but I guess it’d fit your needs: https://www.mapbox.com/maps/

Is it web based though? I am looking only for web based renderers!

Maybe if you clicked the link you’d know the answer

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

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Post by flattone »

manquer wrote: post #42
flattone wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

You are not.. the car manufacturer is better off , since you can't remember it is their flault..

The comment was meant to be analogous to remembering an incident and tracing a time where my prrception was positive.

Was not meant to show tracing producer/consumer value/fault.

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

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Post by mrbonner »

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.

After switching back to Firefox quantum 4 months ago I find the Google Maps web UI slows down to an unusable experience. Since then, I have been using the Bing Maps web UI. Who would have thought there is a day MS product is triumphant over a Google one. A new life cycle has just begun I am aware.
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