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Gmail design change.. could somebody explain?
I noticed that my gmail's design was changed a bit this morning... basically, tasks and contacts along with Mail have been brought at the top..a screenshot i found on net:
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZaGO7GjCqAI/TFMC6Ee1bvI/AAAAAAAAW5k/Q4HSClIbd6s/s640/gmail-googler-ui-2010.png
Now, I don't really understand the changes. I am by no means a usability expert, but considering "Contacts" and "Tasks" are rarely used by any gmail user I know, what's the rationale behind bringing them up?
I found the design less intuitive than the basic one. So, I am really curious what would have been the designers motive?
- amberingrid 16y agoPart of it was they wanted to make the tasks and contacts more prominent. The contacts section was changed, in part, to account for things they had added to android. (Specifically the ability to add multiple arbritrary phone numbers.(
- bhavin 16y agowell, I am no expert in usability, but I can tell that the new design is not intuitive to me as much as the original design, leave alone improvement.. I am really wondering what was the motive of the designer to put on the top something so sparingly used like Tasks, Contact! Any views?
- bhavin 16y agohow it adds to usability?