On Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 5:09 PM, Andy <[email protected]> wrote: > ... >> We've heard many complaints about the new compose but I've yet to hear >> one that offers any compelling evidence as to why it is worse, or why the >> old one is better. >> > > You might not have been paying much attention to them. > > Here's a few. > > The new compose requires many more steps (usually more mouse clicks, > sometimes twice as many) to get the same job done. Maybe you don't see > that as "worse". I'm sure there are some who are delighted to click away > until the cows come home. But for me, fewer steps are better, more steps > are worse. >
How so Andy? Please elaborate. > > By default, the new compose never shows me what my reply will look like. > I have to do yet more steps, every single time, to get it to show me that. > To me, that is negative progress. i.e., it is worse. > Again, how so? I'm composing this reply using the 'old' compose. I'm not seeing how this makes my reply look any different. What steps are you talking about? > > The new compose makes it more difficult to get around by keyboard. It is > more dependent on mousing. I should mention I do not have Gmail's keyboard > shortcuts turned on, and I don't want them on, because they are not what I > want. I just want to get around within my compose or reply window, like > you can with other tools such as word processors and email programs. Thus, > I don't know if this argument applies if you have keyboard shortcuts on. > But, as a general observation, if it REQUIRES mousing around, where the > old one did not, it is a disadvantage. > What exactly do you mean here, arrow keys? I'm pretty sure mine work fine in both interfaces. > > The new compose (especially in a reply) is klutzy with respect to > scrolling within the reply. Between this and the dinky old-new compose > window, I see less of the message I am writing, which is a disadvantage, > since I have this whole big display space that is being wasted. You'd > think Google was trying to make it look like an ipad instead of a computer > screen. > Klutzy how? How is scrolling any different? The old compose window takes up nearly half of my window just with the headers and formatting bar. The textbox is small. I can't see the advantage here. If I click the 'In new window button' it's even worse, I have to drag the window larger. I wish I could minimise the header and formatting bit at the top, but one can't in the old compose interface. I have to resize it every time. I really don't need to see the From: and To: headers, I have after all hit 'Reply'. -- Marko -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Gmail-Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
