I don't understand how this qualifies as a "painful" or "horrific" update. It seems that most of the hate is either about (a) a slower loading screen or (b) wo

I don't understand how this qualifies as a "painful" or "horrific" update. It seems that most of the hate is either about (a) a slower loading screen or (b) worse design. The latter is debatable, but the former is just a ridiculous complaint. At worst, the load seems to be around 0.5 seconds slower on a mediocre internet connection, so if you can't spare an extra 5 seconds a day from refreshing Gmail 10 times a day, you should consider checking your email a little bit less often.