Google keeps trying to push the new Gmail interface.

Post #352,810 by Another Scott 1/6/12 10:45:00 AM Reply	Google keeps trying to push the new Gmail interface. This AM the new look was turned on again. I really don't like it. To change it back to the "classic" look: Gear -> Themes -> Lower Gear -> Revert to the old look temporarily. Maybe if a few hundred million people keep doing that, they'll get the message.... :-/ Cheers, Scott.
Post #352,817 by mvitale 1/6/12 11:36:43 AM Reply	Re: Google keeps trying to push the new Gmail interface. I've grown used to it, but I have found that in order to really make it usable, you need to set your Display Density settings to "Compact." That's much better than the default setting of "Comfortable." -Mike "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin, 1759 Historical Review of Pennsylvania
Post #352,819 by pwhysall 1/6/12 11:50:45 AM Reply	Get used to it. Stop fighting it; you're only pushing the pain back a bit. Compact view, dark theme, job's a good 'un.
Post #352,827 by Another Scott 1/6/12 12:50:34 PM Reply	Recently started my 6th decade - learning to rage at clouds Gotta get in practice. ;-) Cheers, Scott. (Who knows that he'll have to accept it eventually, but is hoping that his defiance will help them put an approximate "classic" theme back... http://support.googl...=en&answer=112508 )
Post #352,828 by pwhysall 1/6/12 12:53:00 PM Reply	Re: Recently started my 6th decade - learning to rage at clo Themes are pretty much colour schemes, and not much else.
Post #352,829 by Another Scott 1/6/12 1:13:43 PM Reply	Yup. Lots of people are raging about lost functionality, hidden UI elements, etc., on their forums. I just don't like the way they've changed their use of color, spacing, etc. I don't like the options they've given us thus far. Moving text into the "compact" mode is a little better, but it's still pretty bad. The classic interface is very, very well done. I don't use the calendar or filtering or rank things by importance - I feel for the people who depend on that functionality. I have a gmail account that I use for mailing lists. The UI changes are not a huge deal for me, really, but it's annoying. We'll see how it goes. Cheers, Scott.
Post #352,830 by pwhysall 1/6/12 1:22:31 PM Reply	I actually am fairly meh on the whole subject of gmail I think the classic interface is a pile of shit, so the new one isn't really taking anything away from me.
Post #352,889 by lincoln 1/8/12 4:34:12 PM Reply	don't rage at clouds rage at kids to get off your damn lawn. "Chicago to my mind was the only place to be. ... I above all liked the city because it was filled with people all a-bustle, and the clatter of hooves and carriages, and with delivery wagons and drays and peddlers and the boom and clank of freight trains. And when those black clouds came sailing in from the west, pouring thunderstorms upon us so that you couldn't hear the cries or curses of humankind, I liked that best of all. Chicago could stand up to the worst God had to offer. I understood why it was built--a place for trade, of course, with railroads and ships and so on, but mostly to give all of us a magnitude of defiance that is not provided by one house on the plains. And the plains is where those storms come from." -- E.L. Doctorow
Post #352,844 by static 1/6/12 5:52:17 PM Reply	I don't see a lot of difference. But then, I don't live my life in Gmail. I can see visual cues taken from the Gmail Android app. And switching to "Compact" does help to reduce the whitespace. Wade. Static Scribblings http://staticsan.blogspot.com/
Post #353,193 by Another Scott 1/15/12 2:02:05 PM Reply	Fallows has linkies. Including how to get a permanent close simulation of the old look - http://techably.com/...r-look-permanent/ From http://www.theatlant...-new-look/251430/ Cheers, Scott.

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