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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDid you know that Google's Gmail has a new look? It's HORRIBLE
I myself am a long time Gmail user - and they rolled out some ugly looking white thing that is supposed to be "cross-platform" and it does not work very well as intended.
For many visually impaired people - this is a violation of ADA law, and Google needs to be painfully aware of it.
So far, there's not many people that are happy with it.
Are you?
We need to find a way to let Google management know that they screwed up royally.
If you guys have Google stock - it is my recommendation that you short it now.
LAGC
(5,330 posts)They really ought to have an option to choose, instead of forcing everyone to "upgrade."
onehandle
(51,122 posts)They sell access to you to anyone who wants it. Use nothing google.
Free ain't free.
deacon
(5,967 posts)Ruby the Liberal
(26,219 posts)Seems a little extreme...
tammywammy
(26,582 posts)lynne
(3,118 posts)- and don't have any problem with it. I just clicked the cog in the upper right hand corner of the screen and adjusted the color, settings, and size of display to what suited me best.
alp227
(32,027 posts)Please produce a screenshot so we know what you are talking about.
eppur_se_muova
(36,266 posts)they should have left the original look as one of the "themes". That's Human Interface 101. I looked through the settings and none of them struck me as notably useful.
There are some very minor improvements -- easier to add/remove labels, e.g.
provis99
(13,062 posts)Mozilla Thunderbird works dandy.
Trajan
(19,089 posts)I think it really isn't all that different .... Not enough to piss and moan from an aesthetic or functional viewpoint ...
The ADA issue is a different story .... If it isnt satisfactory, then that should be addressed ...
Common Sense Party
(14,139 posts)I'm not sure how this is a violation of ADA law. Please explain.
joshcryer
(62,276 posts)BadgerKid
(4,553 posts)Configure it to access Gmail via, say, IMAP.
sendero
(28,552 posts).... but are you sure you've explored all of the options/settings. My gmail presentation is very, very customizable.
Plus I'd echo the earlier comments, I use gmail but that is about it when it comes to google. If ever a company went off the ethics rails they are it.
I run Ghostery and NoScript and it is easy to see that every damn page on the web is trying to track you.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)obamanut2012
(26,080 posts)And "interface" with, and I'm not visually impaired.
eShirl
(18,494 posts)They're a mirror image of what they were before.
Paladin
(28,264 posts)"If there is a program which is well-designed, easy to manipulate, meets your needs effectively and which you've grown adept at using, said program must be changed immediately, and for the worse."