Please Google, let us revert to the classic Gmail look

Post by newscracker » Sun, Sep 30, 2018, 4:02 PM UTC

themodelplumber wrote: post #56

JamesAdir wrote: post #43

The UI is horrible and it has already been discussed in many places, but to me the slowness is the no.1 problem. I thought it was just a hiccup when they had it on optional mode, but now it's plain slow. I've tried on different connections and different browsers and they all seem to generate the same result. Super slow loading times of the interface and the emails. I still remember when gmail was the fastest kid on t…

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,…

Post by joshuamorton » Sun, Sep 30, 2018, 5:02 PM UTC

bad_user wrote: post #162

hoffs wrote: post #156

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

I disagree, if it took 3 seconds to load and now it takes 23, given mostly the same features, it means the software is broken, not the hardware it runs on.

Post by pas » Sun, Sep 30, 2018, 6:43 PM UTC

codedokode wrote: post #144

Freak_NL wrote: post #104

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The folks at Google aren't idiots. They now that there is a vocal minority of complainers, most of whom will accept the new UI after a week or two. For a customer base the size of GMail, placating every complaint is just not in the interest of their business. That is one of the downsides of dominant marker players. Microsoft had the same leverage with Windows 10 (this round of complaints feels similar, although the f…

By the way, to use IMAP/SMTP you will need to switch "enable unsecure apps" in Google Account preferences. Google considers all auth methods except OAuth2 to be insecure (and OAuth2 doesn't work in my slightly outdated version of Thunderbird). But I think the opposite: with OAuth2 the token is stored on your device, with password auth the password is not stored anywhere.

Post by timcederman » Sun, Sep 30, 2018, 8:34 PM UTC

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?

Post by londons_explore » Sun, Sep 30, 2018, 10:22 PM UTC

joshuamorton wrote: post #163

bad_user wrote: post #162

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I disagree, if it took 3 seconds to load and now it takes 23, given mostly the same features, it means the software is broken, not the hardware it runs on.

I think the point is moreso that 23 seconds is abnormal, not the experience of most users, and therefore likely either not consistent for you (maybe your WiFi connection dropped) or due to some wierd configuration on your end. (Technically speaking, I work on Gmail, but unrelated to this)