There's a link for the Basic HTML version while it's loading. I've never seen it load so fast I couldn't click the link. Including on Google Fiber. Then you c

There's a link for the Basic HTML version while it's loading. I've never seen it load so fast I couldn't click the link. Including on Google Fiber. Then you can set that to your default view. Ta-da, gmail that's as fast as HN or Craigslist or whatever. Sure, it won't alert you when new emails come in, but normal Gmail eats so much memory I hate to leave it open, anyway.