Going one better, the UI appears to be applied inconsistently.  In IE 9,
the Gmail icon in the upper left corner of the page is a drop down menu to
the myriad Google services.  And then in Chrome the icon is a link taking
one back to the inbox, as it used to be.

On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 4:32 PM, Ben Scott <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 3:26 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Its done in exactly the same way that labels (and now Circles) are
> handled.
>
>   Sucks for those, too.
>
> > You dont use these options often, so why have them constantly
> > visible adding to a busy/cluttered interface?
>
>   Because it's a bad way to do a UI.  Seriously, they've done studies.
>  Things that move around on their own are disruptive to both learning
> and use.  UI elements should be fixed in place unless responding to
> explict user "command".
>
>  The "Auto hide taskbar" thing that many people like actually costs
> them time, too.
>
> -- Ben
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