Did you know that Google's Gmail has a new look? It's HORRIBLE

[anti-alec]

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]

1. Yeah, I kind of preferred the original format.

They really ought to have an option to choose, instead of forcing everyone to "upgrade."

[onehandle]

2. Google knows nothing about design. Just look at Android's framework. Anyway, Google is spyware.

They sell access to you to anyone who wants it. Use nothing google.

Free ain't free.

[deacon]

3. I see Google as corporate predators. I don't have much use anymore for anything Google. n/t

[Ruby the Liberal]

4. Short google stock over a free email user interface?

Seems a little extreme...

[tammywammy]

5. +1 n/t

[lynne]

6. Have had the new-look gmail for a while -

- 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]

7. what "ugly thing"? I've never noticed.

Please produce a screenshot so we know what you are talking about.

[eppur_se_muova]

8. No borders between unrelated screen areas, no differentiation by color ...

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]

9. so use an email client program instead of going directly to gmail.

Mozilla Thunderbird works dandy.

[Trajan]

10. Everybody has an opinion ....

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]

11. Choose a new theme.

I'm not sure how this is a violation of ADA law. Please explain.

[joshcryer]

12. Use the basic HTML version, that's what I do.

https://mail.google.com/mail/h/

It's ad free, too.

[BadgerKid]

13. You can use a different email client.

Configure it to access Gmail via, say, IMAP.

[sendero]

14. No fan of Google.

.... 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]

15. I don't see any difference. nt

[obamanut2012]

16. It's horrible, and it is very hard to see

And "interface" with, and I'm not visually impaired.

[eShirl]

17. Only difference is my Tea House Theme graphics flipped horizontally.

They're a mirror image of what they were before.

[Paladin]

18. Google Is Just Following The Unwritten Law Of Computer Program Devolution:

"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."