tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post2429582258553007551..comments2024-03-18T02:14:57.204-07:00Comments on Google Operating System: Gmail's New Look, Now AvailableAlex Chituhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02618542750965508582noreply@blogger.comBlogger144125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-57211524149410786492013-02-13T18:44:51.769-08:002013-02-13T18:44:51.769-08:00Wow, another google apologist, that, like google e...Wow, another google apologist, that, like google employees, can't stand one grain of criticism (THAT is the opposite of Scientific Method go look it up). <br /><br />Quote "Have you tried the compact display setting in the new interface?" Gee, thanks for the BASICS gee I didn't know there was a "cute" "cozy" "cuddly" or otherwise some kind asinine-named "interface" "option" I only have 2 degrees and 35+ years software experience. <br /><br />Quote "Which other email clients allow the user to choose between "icons only" or icons/text or text only?" Are you 15 or 16? WHAT AGE are you? What part of PRESERVE FAMILIARITY AND *USER* *CHOICE* DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND. <br /><br />BASIC GMAIL PROBLEMS THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN FIXED, THAT ARE BASIC UI 101 AND STILL EXIST SOLEY BECAUSE OF GOOGLE/GMAIL *ARROGANCE*. <br /><br />- No wildcard searching, only "whole word" searching, i.e. can't search for arrog*<br /><br />- Can't sort by size, sender, subject, etc. LIKE WE COULD 10+ years ago with OTHER practically-standard email software. <br /><br />- "Autosave" can't be configured, user can't specify every 5 minutes, every 30 minutes etc. LIKE WE COULD 10 years ago with other familiar software. <br /><br />- DELETED DRAFTS DO *NOT* GO TO TRASH, DID YOU GET THAT, DELETED DRAFTS DO NOT GO TO TRASH, *ASININE*. <br /><br />- Can't turn off the annoying search "suggestions" that just seem to mock what the user is typing anyway, that fast users do not need or want, - lack of options<br /><br />- Annoying "Show quoted text" for content that is ONLY ONE LINE - WTF just display the one line NOT "SHOW QUOTED..."<br /><br />- Annoying "Search The Web" button, if I want to search the web I'll freaking load the main search page. <br /><br />- Annoying non-linear date presentation i.e. Jul 30, 9:16pm, 9-5-09 (and still using ambiguous 2-digit years 10 years after 2000)<br /><br />- If you send yourself an email note, you get an annoying "me" from "me" etc. instead of just plain displaying email addresses period, again no option to display REAL EMAIL ADDRESSES INSTEAD OF NOUNS. <br /><br />- After more than five years, still only a tiny little edit box for messages and tons of wasted real estate on the screen. It's like gmail managers must use something OTHER than gmail or they would be annoyed within five minutes. <br /><br />- And the biggest problem of all: gmail managers and developers and user-apologists are too inexperienced and too arrogant to listen to input from degreed professionals, after multiple suggestions, after input from MANY different sources. <br /><br />"Why Do People Hate Gmail? 42% Do"<br /><br />42% IS NOT A SMALL NUMBER. 42% IS THE RESULT OF PEOPLE, ON THEIR OWN, FINDING THE VOTING/POLL SITE, AND CRITICIZING GMAIL, ON THEIR OWN, I.E. UNBIASED. <br /><br />http://amplicate.com/hate/gmail<br /><br />Do your own UNBIASED research please. <br /><br />The reason that google/gmail never placed a true unbiased poll at the bottom of the GMAIL SIGN-IN PAGE is that (1) they cannot stand criticism (2) they implement change for no reason and (3) they just will not honor long-time practically standard UI conventions and options for the user(s). <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-52555149201224533872012-09-16T13:59:26.512-07:002012-09-16T13:59:26.512-07:00Thanks for fucking up gmail and making it really h...Thanks for fucking up gmail and making it really hard to use, it's pretty stupid when i have to look at a symbol instewad of a word to try and guess what the buttons really are. Holy crapif i wanted a social networking site i would go one facebook not gmail you stupid douches change the email back to the way it should be or else i am done with google for good, you cant make a browser either google chrome is complete shit pretty much as bad or worse than internet explorer. if you fix your email i will gladly use it used to be better than hotmail but now it's the worst email ever and why does gmail take so much longer than any other website it's like ive gone back to dial up, google is supposed to be the forefront of web technology but to me it's about as good as web technology was back in the late 90's fix your broken programs and dont claim it's plugins or addons because everyone knows it just slopy coding or work on googles part and they could care less about there customers, thanks for your time i hope somebody at google listens but i doubt it because google could care less about it's customers, they just want to be trendy and hip, when all i want is aclean easy to use browser.Google suckshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03260344464795600018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-48823617190302696542012-09-16T12:06:20.368-07:002012-09-16T12:06:20.368-07:00I read your post of yesterday regarding Google'...I read your post of yesterday regarding Google's Gmail. I agree completely that "it sucks." I was really happy with Windows Mail until my internet service provider switched us to Gmail with no other option. If it weren't for the fact that otherwise they give good service and support at a reasonable price I would switch. I know what you mean about the little scrollbar that isn't there until you try to find it with the mouse and then disappears again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-48696221960003835962012-09-15T23:00:03.903-07:002012-09-15T23:00:03.903-07:00I agree, Gmail's label menu on the left side i...I agree, Gmail's label menu on the left side is horrible. Who's idea was that? I have to fiddle around with the mouse to get the scroll bar to appear, then when it does it is too thin. When I finally get it under my mouse I have to go and click a tiny little arrow, and then its back to fiddling with the mouse to get the cursor on the thin scrollbar. When I finally get top the label that I wan to use, I can't read it because the entire menu is too small/thin so that it will nor display the whole label. Frankly, it sucks. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-3097628087075256732012-05-22T09:21:44.518-07:002012-05-22T09:21:44.518-07:00Wow, you have my sympathy. I thought mine was bad ...Wow, you have my sympathy. I thought mine was bad (stark blinding white with black print). I do not know why Google cannot make "Themes" available to everyone. How long could it take for them to fix it or give us back the option of the Old Look?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-91264687390100337602012-05-21T12:57:09.637-07:002012-05-21T12:57:09.637-07:00I really don't like the new look. It should be...I really don't like the new look. It should be optional, as it has been for months to have the new look or the old look as an individual preference. My inbox is now black with white writing and I can't figure out how to change it... what a hassle. Not a smart move, Google. :(Drug Education Experthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04153794537705764235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-51701124020616501602012-05-14T10:41:23.627-07:002012-05-14T10:41:23.627-07:00Keep the comments of being unhappy with the "...Keep the comments of being unhappy with the "New Look" that Gmail has saddled us with. Perhaps sometime in the next millenium they will hear us--after we have checked out of this life! I wish to restate being unhappy with not having a Themes button available so I can get rid of this blinding white screen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-85836235240817368352012-05-14T04:58:40.620-07:002012-05-14T04:58:40.620-07:00I also really really hate the new look. On a lapto...I also really really hate the new look. On a laptop running Safari with text zoomed in it's really really hard to use -- you can't, for example, scroll (even to press Send!) without resizing or moving your window.<br /><br />The multiple scroll bars are annoying, too -- especially on a laptop where they don't all fit without resizing the text or window.<br /><br />Google, I hope you are listening.....<br /><br />I am looking around for another mail system I hate this so much. It seems designed to try to get people to spend more time looking around their screens (probably, so that they will see ads) -- but we are not reading the ads, we are just getting annoyed!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-72718859817306988272012-05-03T03:39:12.960-07:002012-05-03T03:39:12.960-07:00Gmail is now "New Coke"Gmail is now "New Coke"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-68518240207207090272012-05-01T07:53:58.246-07:002012-05-01T07:53:58.246-07:00I was forced to drop the web version of Gmail beca...I was forced to drop the web version of Gmail because I just cannot function efficiently in that mess of what they think is a user interface. It looks like every big company out there wants to push this unnecessary synergy of desktop/smartphone design and combine the experience, when all I think is that they're reaching in order to keep up with Joneses and not really getting it from the majority user's point of view. This hack job of the Gmail interface is bad. Not only can I not use it, I simply refuse to use it. Luckily I can go back to alternate clients, like Thunderbird, in order to fulfill my mail needs. At least until six months later when Google and Microsoft and Yahoo! find something else to distract their small attention span and give the developers something to do. Until then, I'm avoiding this version of the UI.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-52501729717527827002012-04-30T10:30:19.458-07:002012-04-30T10:30:19.458-07:00I am so glad to see others are still complaining a...I am so glad to see others are still complaining about the new, horrible look of Gmail. What were they thinking?velbchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17963069313546616351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-61415172652720009392012-04-30T06:27:22.561-07:002012-04-30T06:27:22.561-07:00I've tried every theme and the look is still s...I've tried every theme and the look is still so bad! If Google does not bring back the "Old Look" or an option in the "Themes" for the old look i will be forced to switch my whole companies email accounts to another provider!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-21200398787350936732012-04-24T09:23:32.553-07:002012-04-24T09:23:32.553-07:00Okay, Google, we are waiting for you to make Theme...Okay, Google, we are waiting for you to make Themes available to those who are going blind seeing so much white. We are yelling and screaming. You certainly are arrogant not responding to the multitude who are pleading to you to acknowledge our complaints and letting us know you hear us and are working on the problem. P-L-E-A-S-E !velbchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17963069313546616351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-15539158951765050412012-04-23T15:28:26.559-07:002012-04-23T15:28:26.559-07:00Agreed, all the white is hurting my eyes. Google, ...Agreed, all the white is hurting my eyes. Google, please put some colour back in the inbox.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-48533611461995791562012-04-23T09:39:35.317-07:002012-04-23T09:39:35.317-07:00I switched to basic HTML on Gmail so I could read ...I switched to basic HTML on Gmail so I could read my email again. The new interface with no option of the old design is a horribly readable interface. Poor choice of not including the old design in the new, forced look. The new interface with ANY of the new themes hurts my eyes to read. We should at least have the option of changes colors.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-29796706574590903632012-04-23T09:13:12.731-07:002012-04-23T09:13:12.731-07:00I have just been permanently switched to the "...I have just been permanently switched to the "new look" with no more options of going back to the "old look" on gmail. EVERY TIME it switches me to the "new look" I can't pull up ANY of my contacts. I do what everything says about clicking on "contacts" and then "more" (I tried all 3 of the "more"s) for more options, but they never show up. I know they're still there because they always came back when I went to the "old look". There must be a simple solution to this; just don't know what to click!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-9221887524578586252012-04-23T03:21:38.794-07:002012-04-23T03:21:38.794-07:00I am unable to reset the font permanently in Reply...I am unable to reset the font permanently in Reply, only in Compose. thanksethelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12997389105073218745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-81179122376124445172012-04-23T03:20:26.906-07:002012-04-23T03:20:26.906-07:00I am unable to reset the Font permanently in Reply...I am unable to reset the Font permanently in Reply. Must do it every time. I went to Labs and Settings, to no avail. Thanksethelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12997389105073218745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-70908515558153701162012-04-23T03:19:05.964-07:002012-04-23T03:19:05.964-07:00I just got the new gmail. My problem is: I must r...I just got the new gmail. My problem is: I must reset the font when Replying every time that I do so. I have gone to Labs and Settings to no avail. It changes the font permanently in Compose, but not in Reply. The automatic font is way too small for me.<br /><br />HELP PLEASE!!ethelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12997389105073218745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-38574966924539315752012-04-22T22:56:06.887-07:002012-04-22T22:56:06.887-07:00Dear Gmail,
The new look of gmail HURTS MY EYES. ...Dear Gmail,<br /><br />The new look of gmail HURTS MY EYES. I will be forced to look for another account after using gmail for ages. How is it possible that you just "enforce" a new look that is so poorly designed and not user friendly. <br /><br />The white email text is too glaring and, as mentioned, simply hurts my eyes. Remember the rule: if ain't broke, don' fix it? The classic look was superb, user friendly, classy looking. And, need I mention, that the other themes you added simply look childish?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-73201657094878319262012-04-22T13:47:34.818-07:002012-04-22T13:47:34.818-07:00I am getting blind also--too much white, and I do ...I am getting blind also--too much white, and I do not have a Themes tab. I have been reading and reading what has worked for others. Nothing has helped me. I use DSL Extreme and they only offer Gmail. Like they say, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it," or something like that.velbchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17963069313546616351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-23457934508009994962012-04-21T07:40:56.586-07:002012-04-21T07:40:56.586-07:00The new design is awful, ugly, poor.
Why?
It is ...The new design is awful, ugly, poor.<br /><br />Why?<br /><br />It is very difficult to use it as a email box. I cannot see and click the common used button. What's worse, i cannot even change back to the old look now.<br /><br />It seems that Google would like to beat Facebook via damaging Google's good products? In other way, is that anyone in Google now but want to join Facebook later damage the Google's reputation? I think that would make sense.<br /><br />Hope Google take serious about their successful product, don't make it becomes the IE in Microsoft!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-44707755624327879602012-04-20T17:03:19.903-07:002012-04-20T17:03:19.903-07:00The new design is awful.
Why, just why google has...The new design is awful.<br /><br />Why, just why google has to impose this on us? For no good reason. <br /><br />I'll use Thunderbird IMAP more often, like 99% of times from now on.<br /><br />All the essential of why this new look is no good have already been posted. It saves me the rant.Rickhttp://none.asdf.com.pynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-22304177798746969072012-04-19T09:56:42.713-07:002012-04-19T09:56:42.713-07:00Exactly. This hits the nail on the head.Exactly. This hits the nail on the head.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-55742282434969132482012-04-19T09:55:22.967-07:002012-04-19T09:55:22.967-07:00I can't use gmail anymore for this reason. Goo...I can't use gmail anymore for this reason. Google used to represent clarifying simplicity - now it's just a mess that stresses me out. I just want to be able to see all my folder (tags) at once. Why the hell can't this be done. Has anyone at Google actually watched someone using Gmail these days?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com