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“Gmail was not actually a particularly elegant product design” It popularized instant search, tagging and threading to such a degree you have clearly forgotten
by fidotron 3y ago
“Gmail was not actually a particularly elegant product design”
It popularized instant search, tagging and threading to such a degree you have clearly forgotten how elegant it was!
- rezonant 3y agoFeatures are not product design.
- fidotron 3y agoYou seem to confuse graphic design and product design. Product design is what something does, how it is structured and how it behaves to user interaction, _and_ how it appears, not just one of them. GMail was almost to email what the iPhone was to smartphones.
- dolmen 3y agoLabels vs folders. This is product design.
- DonHopkins 3y agoAnd excellent spam filtering. The irony of having an advertising company filter out your advertisements so you only see theirs. And loving it. SUPERCUT Every "And loving it" in Get Smart (1965-1970) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aeETaCsop8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aeETaCsop8
- vishnugupta 3y agoExactly. If I remember my thoughts back when Gmail was launched I was clearly awestruck. Gmail showed what was possible to do if one had fast internet connection. All those little interactions enabled through ajax! I think it was the first time, atleast for me, a product was as good as a desktop app w.r.t interactions and usability. For comparison, with Yahoo mail one had to hit compose button and wait for a few seconds for compose window to open up. With Gmail it was extremely nifty and nearly instantaneous because I think it was done clientside and Ajax.