I’m using the standard HTML mode. The new scheme is just awful and too confusing.
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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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…
Does anyone know a good web based OpenStreetMap renderer? And a service that hosts tiles for it? I just wanted to make something like Google Maps Navigation but web based. Google Maps doesn’t really let you rotate the maps by heading, and more. We did some hacks but I would like more control!
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/
Re: Please Google, let us revert to the classic Gmail look
#83If you've got a reasonably fast connection and machine, the "load basic HTML (for slow connections)" link at bottom right disappears almost instantly when loading the Gmail web interface. You can use this direct link to the basic HTML version: http://mail.google.com/mail/h/ but Google's not quite done with you yet, presenting this message along with two buttons: Do you really want to use HTML Gmail? You’re about to u…
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#84Same 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 maps. No, seriously, you open up maps to use the maps and you can't because the map barely takes up any screen estate.
On slower hardware it goes like thus: Start maps, wait for all the bloat, dismiss the pointless bloat you just waited for, do this two or three times for the GUI to catch up. Now you have slow maps! A truly horrendous experience!
On fast hardware the UI is still very bloated but sure it works, it just isn't pleasant to use.
They should fork it, one clean version and one tourist version. But I guess the changes have not been to make maps better, it has been to sell more ads. So now when those two incentives are the on collision course we will never see a good maps application from Google anymore.
Re: Please Google, let us revert to the classic Gmail look
#85Quit whinning
Re: Please Google, let us revert to the classic Gmail look
#86Interesting. 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.
but you can still feel neck back hurt
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#87The 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,…
I've done the same. IMAP is great and in the worst case many registrars use round cube for webmail, which is quite decent.
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#88In 2012 I switched back to running my own e-mail. I realize there are reliability issues sending stuff out to Google/Microsoft (and yes, I have the correct DKIM, SPF and DMARC records), but I'm still happier running my own. I use Thunderbird and Roundcube, but I could also use Evolution if I wanted to or Microsoft Mail on my Windows machine or even fire up Squirlmail in a docker container.
Overcomplicated for an average user. Doesn't apply to 99.99% of the population unfortunately.
Frankly, neither do the complaints about the new UI voiced here.
Re: Please Google, let us revert to the classic Gmail look
#89Earlier quoted context omitted.
This only means many users are upset. But even if they were 100,000, that would be a small fraction of the user base and you could still say the user base is either indifferent or satisfied with the change.
>But even if they were 100,000 That would still be representative. A sample. I don't understand your argument.
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#90Earlier quoted context omitted.
Do you have specific examples? Everything is instantaneous for me.
Just loading the empty Google maps page (just https://maps.google.com ) takes at least 5 seconds for me. During that time, it's doing so much stuff in the background that it makes the input on the left lag, so during that time, you realistically cannot do much, otherwise you risk to mistype your search. Every Zoom/Unzoom animation is lagging a lot, the problem is they added that everywhere to make it fancier: - When…
Might just be you. It loads in under a second for me.