One reason Gmail for iOS still sucks

#1

Post by sudonim » Wed, Dec 05, 2012, 3:58 AM UTC

One reason Gmail for iOS still sucks
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Re: One reason Gmail for iOS still sucks

#2

Post by yskchu » Wed, Dec 05, 2012, 4:23 AM UTC

They should make it more like the Android version, that one is awesome.

Re: One reason Gmail for iOS still sucks

#3

Post by drivebyacct2 » Wed, Dec 05, 2012, 4:25 AM UTC

Jeez it is a smack in the face to scroll down and see the iOS Mail app after the beautiful Gmail app.

Re: One reason Gmail for iOS still sucks

#4

Post by sudonim » Wed, Dec 05, 2012, 4:37 AM UTC

drivebyacct2 wrote: post #3

Jeez it is a smack in the face to scroll down and see the iOS Mail app after the beautiful Gmail app.

Yeah, overall the interactions and UI are really great. It's a shame the mail rendering isn't quite there.

Re: One reason Gmail for iOS still sucks

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Post by drivebyacct2 » Wed, Dec 05, 2012, 4:38 AM UTC

sudonim wrote: post #4

drivebyacct2 wrote: post #3

Jeez it is a smack in the face to scroll down and see the iOS Mail app after the beautiful Gmail app.

Yeah, overall the interactions and UI are really great. It's a shame the mail rendering isn't quite there.

Yeah, I can't believe they messed that up that badly, the zoomed in screenshot screams FIXME.

Re: One reason Gmail for iOS still sucks

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Post by ameen » Wed, Dec 05, 2012, 4:39 AM UTC

Used it on my iPad yesterday, and did notice the less-than desirable viewport width. Google seems to have been inspired by webOS's Mail app, but has forgotten that the quick-view could be expanded by pushing the inbox view away so that only the message is in full view.

Also, the grey borders are just a case of prioritizing form over function.

Re: One reason Gmail for iOS still sucks

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Post by kcon » Wed, Dec 05, 2012, 4:54 AM UTC

Am I correct in saying that this is using the technology Google acquired from Sparrow? The swipe-left bar in particular looks very much like the swipe-left bar in Sparrow.

Re: One reason Gmail for iOS still sucks

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Post by anatari » Wed, Dec 05, 2012, 4:58 AM UTC

Another thing that is annoying about it is the fuzzy text when you zoom in. They must be using web views in a non standard way because the built in HTML viewer usually re-renders text as you zoom.

Re: One reason Gmail for iOS still sucks

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Post by w1ntermute » Wed, Dec 05, 2012, 5:02 AM UTC

The Verge had some criticisms about the app as well: http://www.theverge.com/2012/12/4/3728548/gmail-2-0-ios-hand...

Re: One reason Gmail for iOS still sucks

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Post by ooobo » Wed, Dec 05, 2012, 5:07 AM UTC

ameen wrote: post #6

Used it on my iPad yesterday, and did notice the less-than desirable viewport width. Google seems to have been inspired by webOS's Mail app, but has forgotten that the quick-view could be expanded by pushing the inbox view away so that only the message is in full view. Also, the grey borders are just a case of prioritizing form over function.

Just testing on my phone, I get the feeling the newsletter this OP has screenshotted has set it's own padding/margins as well, exacerbating the problem. Still, it should have been quite clear when they were designing it that two margins for a 240px width screen is overkill.

However, the inbox screen isn't so spaced out, and relatively condensed. Thankfully