You tell him K3G you totally got that 100% correct!
On Oct 19, 12:03 am, K3G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Bite Me Mike!
> Not only is the new "canvas" view aesthetically stupid it is
> functionally stupid as well. here's why:
>
> there are no longer dedicated gadget minimize buttons
> the left tabs use up a crap load of screen real estate on smaller
> resolutions and im not talking 800 * 600 im talking 1024 * 768 which
> according to the W3C at least 25% of people still use.
> the Gmail interface still has no support for filters and is still very
> buggy
> oh and heres the kicker. google's chrome browser is designed to run
> gmail and other web apps as a seperate application. Thus making the
> whole iline gmail thing completely redundant
>
> oh and you know what else. google ignored everyone of its beta testers
> in the sandbox days. there was a huge percentage of people that
> disliked the new layout and there still is. Google knew of these
> problems but still went ahead.
>
> On Oct 19, 5:45 am, Elite Designs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I forgot to mention and I am not blubbering either.... I don't happen
> > to like getting the entire page when I open my gmail plugin. As many
> > others I was perfectly happy with the way it work previously. If it
> > isn't broken you don't need to fix it and besides like I stated
> > previously we should have the option of using the new version or not
> > most other like yahoo mail for example gives you that option on the
> > versions you want to use. Is Google in its updating technology not
> > able to figure out how to set an option like that up? LOL!
>
> > On Oct 18, 10:52 am, Mike Rankin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > Everybody in here that has been working on themes has known about the
> > > new format for months. The announcements have been in the
> > > documentation as well as the api where items are clearly marked
> > > deprecated. No where was it mentioned that the new format would be an
> > > option. It was always presented as the intended migration path of the
> > > existing layout.
>
> > > If you could take a moment from your blubbering to actually look at
> > > the new layout, you will notice that there might be a technical reason
> > > for the change and that it's not just to screw with your beautiful
> > > layout. The widgets are getting additional capabilities that allows
> > > them to be more functional without leaving the page.
>
> > > For example, look at the gmail plugin. You now get nearly the entire
> > > gmail application in the page. It temporarily displaces the rest of
> > > your widgets while you are working with it. In the old verions of ig,
> > > you would have no way to switch between full page apps. They are not
> > > listed anywhere. That's where your sidebar comes in. The same goes
> > > for the google feed reader. Others will follow.
>
> > > While it can be hard to admit it for us designers, graphics are always
> > > going to be secondary to functionality of any given application.
>
> > > So if you want to continue whining about the good ol' days of google
> > > ig 1.0, got tell it to your momma. She's about the only one that will
> > > listen.
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