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A week or two after reverting back to the usable gmail, Google notified me they would switch my Google apps mail to the new gmail in a popup on the corner. It
by MiddleEndian 8y ago
A week or two after reverting back to the usable gmail, Google notified me they would switch my Google apps mail to the new gmail in a popup on the corner.
It presented me with two options: Now, Delay One Week.
Instead of choosing one, I adblocked the notification. Two weeks later I'm still on the old gmail that responds to clicks. Hoping it never changes.
- snek 8y agoi wish i had thought of this
- aerovistae 8y agoGod damn that was clever of you.
- ben_jones 8y agoWell at least we know now there are zero motivations for them to fix that bug so you should be ok.
- joecot 8y agoGoogle talking to us like trying to trick a toddler. "Do you want to clean your room now, or after dinner?"
- ObsoleteNerd 8y agoAs soon as I got the update notification and couldn't say no, I quit Gmail. The redesign is absolutely horrible, and just like OP, I find it unusably slow (on a beasty Gaming PC). I got Fastmail, and redirect my Gmail which will now only be used as a spam address. Exactly the same as when I went Hotmail to Gmail and Hotmail because my spam address. The tech cycle continues.
- MiddleEndian 8y agoMy Google mail is already a personal domain I just manage through Google apps. To be honest the main reason I keep it on Google apps is the six-ish people I talk to exclusively through hangouts (and momentum). If I do get forced to the new gmail web version I'll likely switch to a desktop client or write my own client if I can't find a tolerable one.
- victorkilo1 8y agoOK, here is the real shocker. I had to create an outlook account and get a Office 365 sub for various reasons. I actually found the Outlook + Skype + OneDrive combo more usable than their Google counterparts. If you had told me this five years ago, I would have had you sectioned under the mental health act
- MiddleEndian 8y agoI don't discount that possibility, but I use hangouts to talk to specific people who don't use any other PC-based chat. That's the downside of tying your email address to your chat I suppose. I've taken to using Windows Mail for my gmail usage half the time anyway now, even though I'm still on the old web client.
- mikekchar 8y agoJust a warning. A couple of days before the switch over, all my filters stopped working. Not sure if it's related, but be careful if you rely on them.
- bigmit37 8y agoDamn it. I didn’t know you can do this. I’m still not used to the new design. There is something odd about the new interface that isn’t pleasing to the eyes.
- dvfjsdhgfv 8y agoYou just need to be careful not to accidentally log out.
- MiddleEndian 8y agoGmail periodically logs me out and I'm still on the old client as of today.