I would not say that, no. Google's search homepage does not have a primary function that is similar in any way to Gmail's primary function. The Gmail homepage,

I would not say that, no. Google's search homepage does not have a primary function that is similar in any way to Gmail's primary function. The Gmail homepage, of course, should be showing you as much data as possible; as many emails as possible with enough contextual data and UI to read/delete/sort them.