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You can use the HTML-only version of Gmail at the bottom of the page which loads in 300 ms or so. Gmail view: standard | >basic HTML<

slovenlyrobot 7y ago
I find it embarrassing that this feature needs to exist at all
- longtom 7y ago
  Gmail is a free product, hence it has possibly low priority.
  - mey 7y ago
    I am paying for it, as are many businesses.
  - jmathai 7y ago
    Some % of Google's $30 billion quarterly revenue comes from Ads in Gmail. This does not include revenue generated from enterprise G Suite licenses.
  - wasdfff 7y ago
    My tuition pays for g suite.
    - godzillabrennus 7y ago
      It’s free for colleges. Your tuition pays for bloated administrative staff salaries.
  - manigandham 7y ago
    The older versions were faster. Every new update becomes slower and more bloated.
- sp332 7y ago
  The HTML version doesn't update when you get a new email. You have to refresh it to check. Also if you want to compose more than one email at once, or if you want to refer to one email while composing another, you need multiple browser tabs.
  - philsnow 7y ago
    > The HTML version doesn't update when you get a new email. You have to refresh it to check. This is one of the reasons I use it. I get in, catch up, get the hell out of dodge (close the tab), and then I don't have (yet) a(nother) gmail tab sucking up literally hundreds of MB of RSS.
  - earenndil 7y ago
    Such features could be added in a lightweight way with very minimal javascript, to the html version.
jpwgarrison 7y ago
It looks like keyboard shortcuts don't work here? I tried the new Thunderbird, but it looks like you (still) need an extension to change keyboard shortcuts and none of them work with v68 even if you don't mind third party extensions.
- longtom 7y ago
  For anyone interested, I just put together a userscript with some rudimentary key assignments for the Basic HTML version of Gmail: https://pastebin.com/raw/zyfHp5Vs https://pastebin.com/raw/zyfHp5Vs
th-ai 7y ago
http://tiny.cc/ggmm http://tiny.cc/ggmm loads gmail fast
- longtom 7y ago
  This seems longer than writing http://gmail.com http://gmail.com or does it link directly to the html version
  - Groxx 7y ago
    seems like it links directly. dunno why you'd go through a link shortener instead of bookmarking the actual page tho.
    - SanchoPanda 7y ago
      Perhaps due to preferences against bookmarking the customized url you get on that page? The shortest canonical URL I know to access html version directly is https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=html&zy=h https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=html&zy=h
SanchoPanda 7y ago
Don't forget html google contacts and html google calendar. Not optimized for desktop, but damn they are fast. The calendar also still parses natural language for new meetings using the bar, whereas regular google calendar dropped it from the looks of things. https://calendar.google.com/calendar/m?pli=1 https://calendar.google.com/calendar/m?pli=1

slovenlyrobot 7y ago

I find it embarrassing that this feature needs to exist at all

longtom 7y ago
Gmail is a free product, hence it has possibly low priority.
- mey 7y ago
  I am paying for it, as are many businesses.
- jmathai 7y ago
  Some % of Google's $30 billion quarterly revenue comes from Ads in Gmail. This does not include revenue generated from enterprise G Suite licenses.
- wasdfff 7y ago
  My tuition pays for g suite.
  - godzillabrennus 7y ago
    It’s free for colleges. Your tuition pays for bloated administrative staff salaries.
- manigandham 7y ago
  The older versions were faster. Every new update becomes slower and more bloated.
sp332 7y ago
The HTML version doesn't update when you get a new email. You have to refresh it to check. Also if you want to compose more than one email at once, or if you want to refer to one email while composing another, you need multiple browser tabs.
- philsnow 7y ago
  > The HTML version doesn't update when you get a new email. You have to refresh it to check. This is one of the reasons I use it. I get in, catch up, get the hell out of dodge (close the tab), and then I don't have (yet) a(nother) gmail tab sucking up literally hundreds of MB of RSS.
- earenndil 7y ago
  Such features could be added in a lightweight way with very minimal javascript, to the html version.

jpwgarrison 7y ago

It looks like keyboard shortcuts don't work here? I tried the new Thunderbird, but it looks like you (still) need an extension to change keyboard shortcuts and none of them work with v68 even if you don't mind third party extensions.

longtom 7y ago
For anyone interested, I just put together a userscript with some rudimentary key assignments for the Basic HTML version of Gmail: https://pastebin.com/raw/zyfHp5Vs https://pastebin.com/raw/zyfHp5Vs

th-ai 7y ago

http://tiny.cc/ggmm http://tiny.cc/ggmm loads gmail fast

longtom 7y ago
This seems longer than writing http://gmail.com http://gmail.com or does it link directly to the html version
- Groxx 7y ago
  seems like it links directly. dunno why you'd go through a link shortener instead of bookmarking the actual page tho.
  - SanchoPanda 7y ago
    Perhaps due to preferences against bookmarking the customized url you get on that page? The shortest canonical URL I know to access html version directly is https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=html&zy=h https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=html&zy=h

SanchoPanda 7y ago

Don't forget html google contacts and html google calendar. Not optimized for desktop, but damn they are fast. The calendar also still parses natural language for new meetings using the bar, whereas regular google calendar dropped it from the looks of things. https://calendar.google.com/calendar/m?pli=1 https://calendar.google.com/calendar/m?pli=1