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Is this really a step forward? It feels a little bit like a step backwards -- more like classic email clients and less like Gmail.

akkartik 14y ago
Hmm, how do you mean? I don't see how it's like classic email clients.
- ComputerGuru 14y ago
  Windowing.
stephenhuey 14y ago
What feels the most like classic email clients is the way they abstract recipients by placing the contact's name into a box and no longer display the email address next to it. The pretty box is fine, but I hated seeing contacts on an email in something like Outlook and not being able to quickly confirm which address was used for that contact, so perhaps it'd be better if they had these recipients in a scrollable list.
- a1k0n 14y ago
  Double-click the little lozenge with the recipient's name to turn it back into an email address.
- mojowo11 14y ago
  Seems like a good idea for a Gmail Lab down the line.
- alphang 14y ago
  It feels like they are trying to Trojan horse Google+ into Gmail. This change is a step backwards in usability. In an age where people have multiple email addresses, do we really want the email addresses to be hidden? Come on.
philip1209 14y ago
I agree. This interface seems cluttered to me. A live view of my inbox may distract me while I am writing an email. In addition, GMail haas been feeling more bloated for me lately with such an Ajax-heavy UI, and I feel like this could cause further slow-downs. However, I will keep an open mind - this is not a drastic redesign to the overall system.
jfoutz 14y ago
Well... I often need to write emails with specific details from other threads. this is way way faster than save draft, search, copy, go back to draft, and paste. Maybe there's a better workflow for this problem - but the draft saving way sucks.
- s_henry_paulson 14y ago
  right-click browser tab --> duplicate
  - jfoutz 14y ago
    Only the most recent inbox is synched, and chat is only in the most recent as well. Unless they fixed that?

akkartik 14y ago

Hmm, how do you mean? I don't see how it's like classic email clients.

ComputerGuru 14y ago
Windowing.

stephenhuey 14y ago

What feels the most like classic email clients is the way they abstract recipients by placing the contact's name into a box and no longer display the email address next to it. The pretty box is fine, but I hated seeing contacts on an email in something like Outlook and not being able to quickly confirm which address was used for that contact, so perhaps it'd be better if they had these recipients in a scrollable list.

a1k0n 14y ago
Double-click the little lozenge with the recipient's name to turn it back into an email address.
mojowo11 14y ago
Seems like a good idea for a Gmail Lab down the line.
alphang 14y ago
It feels like they are trying to Trojan horse Google+ into Gmail. This change is a step backwards in usability. In an age where people have multiple email addresses, do we really want the email addresses to be hidden? Come on.

philip1209 14y ago

I agree. This interface seems cluttered to me. A live view of my inbox may distract me while I am writing an email. In addition, GMail haas been feeling more bloated for me lately with such an Ajax-heavy UI, and I feel like this could cause further slow-downs. However, I will keep an open mind - this is not a drastic redesign to the overall system.

jfoutz 14y ago

Well... I often need to write emails with specific details from other threads. this is way way faster than save draft, search, copy, go back to draft, and paste. Maybe there's a better workflow for this problem - but the draft saving way sucks.

s_henry_paulson 14y ago
right-click browser tab --> duplicate
- jfoutz 14y ago
  Only the most recent inbox is synched, and chat is only in the most recent as well. Unless they fixed that?