The new iGoogle Gmail interface is freaking FUGLY!
Being a big fan of multitasking (as stressful as it can be at times), I like to make full use of Google’s iGoogle homepage. In a nutshell it lets me put things like my reader subscriptions, mail and weather forecasts set as my default homepage everytime I load up my browser.
Sometime in the last few hours Google have gone and changed what used to be a fully functional, efficient and easy to read mail application and have completely ruined it.
Adding a 2.0 bloated flash feel to the iGoogle application, Google have gone and made all the navigation bars HUGE.
Working primarily on a Asus EeePC, this is bloody hopeless as now I can see about half as much information as I was able to read before on about half as much space.
Design wise there’s simply way to much white space and do I really need giant freaking stars next to every email taking up valuable real estate?
Some clown has also decided to move the delete button to the bottom of the gadget so now if I want to delete anything, I have to check it and pysically scroll down. BRILLIANT GUYS!
The only new useful feature I can see is the ability to compose mail from the default iGoogle homepage whereas before I had to click on the little mail text which enabled the Gmail application to take over the browser window completely to compose anything.
Not happy Google, gimme back my original iGoogle Gmail interface!
July 23rd, 2011 at 12:38 am ausGeoff(Quote)
Google have also fiddled with their desktop search app.
You used to be able to set its default search to “Australia” and then click an option to search the world. Now it’s the other way around — which means you’re forced into having gazillions of non-relevant sites pop up and then clicking the Australia icon to reset the search results.
If for example you wanna buy something in AUS$ from an Aussie site, it now takes longer to isolate those relevant sites.
It’s all to do with revenue of course… what else?
July 23rd, 2011 at 11:46 am Lum(Quote)
So thats what it was?
I thought I had a virus that changed the way my mail looked. I turns the entire page blurry and now I can’t see anything very well.
July 23rd, 2011 at 1:46 pm ozsoapbox(Quote)
Blurry? That’s definitely not normal. Mine is clear to read it just looks utterly bloated and horrible on my small netbook monitor.
The old design was far more space efficient and readable.
July 23rd, 2011 at 5:50 pm ausGeoff(Quote)
I can only suggest changing your default font sizes guys. Unfortunately, any/all largely text-based pages can look bloated on 10.1″ netbook screens (or 7″ screens) which simply aren’t suitable physically for something like email or Word etc.
And Lum: Yep, definitely something wrong with your screen settings. Are you running your machine at its native resolution?