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For some reasons, I actually do agree. My dad just yesterday enjoyed some hard time trying to get even simple services like Gmail to work. Because he knew how t

For some reasons, I actually do agree. My dad just yesterday enjoyed some hard time trying to get even simple services like Gmail to work. Because he knew how to use it earlier, but now things works differently than they used to. Cloud services, nice, you'll get always latest version. But what if the latest version simply isn't something you want?

pdonis 13y ago
But what if the latest version simply isn't something you want? Exactly. Even worse, what if the old version was what you wanted, and now it's gone? For example, Google's book reader on Android. I started using it frequently about 6 months ago. Since then, every UI change they have made has made the experience worse for me. The only reason I still use it is that it does have one big advantage over the other readers I use (the main ones are Aldiko Premium and the Kindle app): it senses and handles page turns really well, and the other readers suck at it. (And I suspect that even that advantage is because Google is using some kind of back door in the Android OS that other readers can't access, to be able to sense swipes with greater accuracy.)
- RexRollman 13y ago
  I know how you feel. Gmail's interface has become incredibly complicated and every change feels like a step backward. But as much as I don't care for Gmail's current interface, I can't and don't expect Google to support older web interfaces. If I really wanted interface consistency, I would run my own mail client.
  - pdonis 13y ago
    If I really wanted interface consistency, I would run my own mail client. That's what I do; in fact, I run one that's unlikely to change its UI much (KMail from KDE version 3, the Trinity Desktop Environment build).
  - Sami_Lehtinen 13y ago
    That's exactly why I do run completely own servers, email, website, private communication platform etc. I don't like Google at all. Using Gmail is a trap, as we have seen here in other discussions.
    - pdonis 13y ago
      I don't use Gmail or other Google services either, but that has nothing to do with their UI; it has to do with me not trusting them with their data. You don't need to use Gmail's web interface to use Gmail; you can access it using any IMAP-capable email client.

pdonis 13y ago

But what if the latest version simply isn't something you want? Exactly. Even worse, what if the old version was what you wanted, and now it's gone? For example, Google's book reader on Android. I started using it frequently about 6 months ago. Since then, every UI change they have made has made the experience worse for me. The only reason I still use it is that it does have one big advantage over the other readers I use (the main ones are Aldiko Premium and the Kindle app): it senses and handles page turns really well, and the other readers suck at it. (And I suspect that even that advantage is because Google is using some kind of back door in the Android OS that other readers can't access, to be able to sense swipes with greater accuracy.)

RexRollman 13y ago
I know how you feel. Gmail's interface has become incredibly complicated and every change feels like a step backward. But as much as I don't care for Gmail's current interface, I can't and don't expect Google to support older web interfaces. If I really wanted interface consistency, I would run my own mail client.
- pdonis 13y ago
  If I really wanted interface consistency, I would run my own mail client. That's what I do; in fact, I run one that's unlikely to change its UI much (KMail from KDE version 3, the Trinity Desktop Environment build).
- Sami_Lehtinen 13y ago
  That's exactly why I do run completely own servers, email, website, private communication platform etc. I don't like Google at all. Using Gmail is a trap, as we have seen here in other discussions.
  - pdonis 13y ago
    I don't use Gmail or other Google services either, but that has nothing to do with their UI; it has to do with me not trusting them with their data. You don't need to use Gmail's web interface to use Gmail; you can access it using any IMAP-capable email client.