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[dymondgurl]

I've been noticing some things on the gmail site that are a bit annoying and makes you want to log the heck out. for example some of the functions on the section that you read the email on are almsot hidden due to the extremely small font size. like the forward and reply are not buttons, they are links and they are very small. They are at the bottom and the top of each message. but because they look like regular links you can miss them easily. and for a person like myself that gets frustrated easily that is a bad thing because it seems they will lose a lot of subscribers like that. I also think they should have the link to the directions for the pop accounts on the login page. It took me a while to find it. I'm pretty sure i'm not the only one. then they have the settings option on the top near the log out. i would think the settings would be on the left navigation with everything else. its kind of confusing if you think about it.

thoughts, anyone else?

[Florisjuh]

The gmai lsite is alright for me, it loads pretty fast withoud any fancy hotmail like images, but maybe they should add an optional graphic mode to gmail?

[arboc7]

I like Gmail just the way it is--the layout is simple and not very cluttered. It also loads pretty quickly, and anyway, Google is already kind of revamping their home page, from which you can access Gmail...I think Google is doing all the right things!

Go Google!!

[Rubyducky]

I also like Gmail the way it is, but maybe if they had different layouts to suit everyone's taste, that would be better. It would be like the concept of skinning a forum.

[Dooga]

I like how Gmail uses javascript to speed up loading of each page, and sometimes, the page doesn't even need to reload it self!

[tdktank59]

dymondgurl, on Oct 6 2005, 10:33 PM, said:

I've been noticing some things on the gmail site that are a bit annoying and makes you want to log the heck out. for example some of the functions on the section that you read the email on are almsot hidden due to the extremely small font size. like the forward and reply are not buttons, they are links and they are very small. They are at the bottom and the top of each message. but because they look like regular links you can miss them easily. and for a person like myself that gets frustrated easily that is a bad thing because it seems they will lose a lot of subscribers like that. I also think they should have the link to the directions for the pop accounts on the login page. It took me a while to find it. I'm pretty sure i'm not the only one. then they have the settings option on the top near the log out. i would think the settings would be on the left navigation with everything else. its kind of confusing if you think about it.

thoughts, anyone else?

actually its not that hidden u just go to profiles and click pop... then u set it up with there tutorial

[iwuvcookies]

The gmail interface is ok. I don' thave trouble reading the words. I guess it also depends on your screen resolution that you set it to. Mines just at notch up from 800x600. I can't remember. hold on its 1024x 768. lol. I can never remember that number. Anyways atleast ite better tham some things.

[Arigato]

I don't think gmail needs a redesign at all. There is nothing wrong with it. It's simplistic, the color scheme makes things stand out, the navigation is simple and easy to understand, it's a fast loading layout, there is no clutter of unnecessary content and it works in almost all browsers. Sure they could make it look better but google more about simplicity and being user friendly than visual appeal.

[Mithshark]

Why redisgn? It's Google's style simplistic feature packed it has all you need but its not n your face!

[shigajet]

Personally, I like the design of Gmail. It's simple, clean and it doesn't have those annoying pop-up/banner ads to bother you. If anything, the google ads are not distracting at all and blend into the interface. As well, it loads up very quickly, unlike some of the other free Web e-mail services I've tried out.