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Woody Woodpecker

(562 posts)
Tue May 15, 2012, 01:00 PM May 2012

Have you used Google's new Gmail web interface?

What do you like or don't like about it?

Right now, the new Gmail interface is making it unreadable just literally for anyone - especially those with vision problems and senior citizens who are just starting to get used to the old Google Gmail interface.

Right now, there's a discussion about it here:

https://groups.google.com/a/googleproductforums.com/forum/#!category-topic/gmail/managing-settings-and-mail/gkYG6DUTn2E

It would be nice to have a few actual Gmail users to leave feedback on how awful the new Google Gmail looks are.

Google continues to ignore the facts and attempt to push "uniformity" across their platforms.

A majority of these people do not like the changes and prefer the old format, which was removed and not given a choice to anyone.

I'm a Google Gmail user, and I don't like the web interface, and would have preferred to keep the older version. Now I'm using Outlook to do my mailing, still via gmail.

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CurtEastPoint

(18,622 posts)
1. If you have Outlook, you can receive gmail through it and not have these problems.
Tue May 15, 2012, 01:04 PM
May 2012

I know this isn't an option for everyone but just thought I'd throw that out.

Shagbark Hickory

(8,719 posts)
2. I normally use it only on my phone but I just logged in.
Tue May 15, 2012, 01:07 PM
May 2012

Looks pretty much the same to me except the background/theme I picked out is gone.

I don't see why this would be any less readable than the last.

onehandle

(51,122 posts)
3. Google is the world's largest ad spammer. Sells your profile to anyone who wants it...
Tue May 15, 2012, 01:17 PM
May 2012

...based on your every interaction with the Internet, whether you are logged in or not, just as long as you have an account.

Use nothing Google.

Free ain't free.

lynne

(3,118 posts)
4. I prefer the new interface -
Tue May 15, 2012, 01:25 PM
May 2012

- and I don't have a problem with the display since I changed mine. Go to your inbox - click the cog wheel (settings) in the upper right corner - change display to "comfortable" and see if that helps.

lynne

(3,118 posts)
7. I'm using just the lavender color theme and like it -
Tue May 15, 2012, 03:00 PM
May 2012

- looked at the high-contrast but didn't see a lot of difference. Maybe monitor size impacts how it looks and the one I'm using is of decent size. Looks fine on my phone but its a different app.

qb

(5,924 posts)
6. I dumped google & gmail over their spamming & privacy abuses.
Tue May 15, 2012, 02:50 PM
May 2012

I search using StartPage.com, which is essentially Google without the snooping.

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