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I usually append /h/ to the URL (/mail/h/) and get a HTML version. It can work even without JS and it has classic design with small rows that works well on my s
by codedokode 8y ago
I usually append /h/ to the URL (/mail/h/) and get a HTML version. It can work even without JS and it has classic design with small rows that works well on my small screen. No Material Design and no huge elements with large offsets.
- bevel 8y agoI hate material design. I don't want more vacant space, I want density. Ive always loved Japanese website layouts. Content is beauty.
- audiolion 8y agodo you have any examples or resources on Japanese style web design?
- themodelplumber 8y agoIt's everywhere. Simple example: Compare the differences--and even the subtleties--in information density between yahoo.co.jp and Yahoo.com.
- anonytrary 8y agoOh wow that is a stark contrast. yahoo.co.uk, yahoo.co.in, yahoo.co.id, etc. are all incredibly low-density as well. I have always loved the Japanese aesthetic, I wonder if any other cultures have a similar preference for websites.
- SmellyGeekBoy 8y agoOnly downside being that it's common to see people walking around in Japan with their phone about a foot in front of their face.
- themodelplumber 8y agoSounds like me. On the couch or walking around I'm at 10-12 inches away. I wonder--do people who don't prefer high information density hold their devices farther away?
- Accacin 8y agoIt's not just Japanese, Chinese also. An article not long ago theorized some reasoning behind it: https://randomwire.com/why-japanese-web-design-is-so-different/ https://randomwire.com/why-japanese-web-design-is-so-differe...
- vesinisa 8y agoI hope you have noticed that in GMail you can swtich between different "density" modes. In your Inbox, click on the cogwheel on the right-hand top corner and select the second option "Display density". The "Compact" setting is actually rather dense. Although, it mostly affects the density of rows (conversations) in your inbox and does not scale e.g. the search box input field above.
- blt 8y agothis does not work for me. when I type "gmail.com" it redirects to: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox where should I put the /h/?
- codedokode 8y agohttps://mail.google.com/mail/h/ https://mail.google.com/mail/h/
- mathrawka 8y agohttps://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/h/
- DoctorOetker 8y agoI just tried that, and noticed promotions in the inbox, the non-HTML version separated the "primary" from the "promotions". Are they merging them to keep HTML version annoying?
- manigandham 8y agoThe HTML version is the legacy UI from a few generations ago, before features like inbox categories were implemented.
- DoctorOetker 8y agoI always assumed the behaviour and categorization was in their backend. I think its weird that the view (HTML vs javascript) is not decoupled from the model?
- codedokode 8y agoWhile that is possible it would make no sense. Why spend time refactoring code to improve a legacy UI for old browsers almost nobody is using? Legacy UI doesn't know anything about categorization because it was added later. Actually Gmail's approach is sane. They just keep old UI working as it used to many years ago although the backend could have changed completely.
- aidos 8y agoMaybe the categorisation is metadata against each email. Maybe even so they could use it without breaking the old legacy systems.
- y4mi 8y agowhat exactly are they supposed to do in the backend? they probably have an api in which you can limit the results by category. As the old interface doesn't have any limiter implemented, they're getting all the results back. you can also disable categories in the newer interface and the effect would be the same (everything in the inbox)
- emilsedgh 8y agoNow this is what I call a sane UI!