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If you don't like it, just switch to the old view. I don't understand these people. I like calendar's new look. I love Gmail's new look.
by yhlasx 15y ago
If you don't like it, just switch to the old view. I don't understand these people.
I like calendar's new look.
I love Gmail's new look.
- ltamake 15y agoSame. The design needs a few tweaks here and there, but it looks very nice overall. I like the direction Google is taking.
- pyre 15y agoAre you a Calendar power user though? Seem to me like they made it look nice, while breaking functionality for power users. If you're not a power user, then you just think it looks nice and lose no functionality.
- watty 15y agoI'm sure they'll continue to tweak the new look for "power users" but they didn't actually "break" it if power users can switch to the normal theme. Breaking it would be forcing the update.
- encoderer 15y agoIf you mean "breaking [certain] functionality" then sure, but from what I've noticed the broken functionality is limited to being able to see/toggle multiple calendars easily. Not saying that ANY functionality should be conceeded in an update like this, but I am saying that your comment can be read in a way that sounds like Google made Calendar useless for "power users." I don't find that to be the case. On my 16.4" notebook I can see all 6 of my calendars. And I really disagree with his last point: I find the black text MUCH easier to read. However, the white text, being more difficult to read, meant that it was easier to focus on the time-blocks and not be distracted by details. Still, I prefer the black text, and maybe a toggle switch to hide ALL text would be helpful. I do think it's silly what they've done to the highlight around the current date. And sure, they should have a way to bunch together more calendars for those users on a 13" screen. But treating this as abject failure of user interface is way overblown and something that power users -- which I do consider myself to be -- will soon adjust to. Also, for me, on Firefox 4, the calendar is faster now. Clicking an open time slot to add an appt used to have a noticeable delay, now it's instantaneous.
- sliverstorm 15y agoAm I the only one a little confused about how one can be a "calendar power user"? Can one similarly be a "stapler power user" or a "Rolodex power user"?
- pyre 15y agoMaybe I should have said "Google Calendar power user?" Setting aside the features, people that use Google Calendar heavily to schedule things vs people that use it to schedule the occasional dentist appointment probably find different aspects of the UI annoying.
- wangwei 15y agoNot really. For me, the design of the calendar is really ugly (in terms of usability not aesthetics). I can switch to the old view. But if people don't let Google know that their design sucks, then sooner or later, Google will just shut down the old view.
- smackfu 15y agoIt's not like the old view is going to be around for a long time though.
- 51Cards 15y agoHow does one switch back to the old view?