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Most redesigns I've dealt with are the result of someone wanting a promotion, which has nothing to do with whether or not they're an idiot. Many of those people
by kevingadd 8y ago
Most redesigns I've dealt with are the result of someone wanting a promotion, which has nothing to do with whether or not they're an idiot. Many of those people ship bad or half-baked redesigns that waste everyone's time but get them a promotion, because you need achievements to point to in order to get promoted at companies like Google.
That aside, your post mostly fails to address the critiques in the OP. Yes, a pleasing UI tends to feel better to use, but most of these pretty redesigns throw away important other traits an old design had, or just simply lack them. It's hard to positively compare (for example) New Gmail with Old Gmail when they managed to make it slower and break the reply button, for example.
- michaelmrose 8y agoIt is damn near amazing how fast old Gmail is did you know that you can still use it? It uses like a mb of ram and loads instantly.
- christophilus 8y agoHow do you use the old Gmail? I hate, hate, hate the new one.
- jazzyjackson 8y agoThey hide it behind this strange URL https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/h/1pq68r75kzvdr/ https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/h/1pq68r75kzvdr/ You should see a banner with an option to 'set basic HTML as default view' across the top. It's great. You see all the information - nothing hidden behind icons, and page loads between screens actually take less time than with a SPA.
- WalterSear 8y agoWow.