To me, the worst thing is that it preserves the strange scrolling lag of the web app. Also, it's really annoying that the only way to go from the folder select

To me, the worst thing is that it preserves the strange scrolling lag of the web app. Also, it's really annoying that the only way to go from the folder selection/left column back to the mail view is to select a folder/inbox. In their similar layout, Facebook wisely lets you go back to the main column (the news feed) by tapping that column. But, yeah, these apps are mediocre. Compare their search app with Dragon Go!, compare Google Plus with Facebook. Heck, Facebook's ancillary Messenger app blows away anything Google's put on any other platform. Why? Far smaller companies with far less talent are delivering far superior experiences on many platforms. The ability of these devices is so great and the tools have advanced so much that having apps of this caliber is like being the company with crappy web 1.0 website well into the 00's.