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There are several things in the new gmail UI that I like but several that leave me scratching my head; see image (click to expand).  Mainly, the switch from text buttons to icons.  Can you tell effortessly which icon is archive and spam and move?  I can’t.  I suppose translation is then some extra work but it was already in place. Also note how the back button and reply button are basically the same. I wouldn’t blame a programmer for these — I’d likely get them wrong myself, but a company of Google’s size can have some human interface gurus. One thing they have always gotten right is keeping the UIs clean and without much adornment.

There are several things in the new gmail UI that I like but several that leave me scratching my head; see image (click to expand).  Mainly, the switch from text buttons to icons.  Can you tell effortessly which icon is archive and spam and move?  I can’t.  I suppose translation is then some extra work but it was already in place.

Also note how the back button and reply button are basically the same.

I wouldn’t blame a programmer for these — I’d likely get them wrong myself, but a company of Google’s size can have some human interface gurus.

One thing they have always gotten right is keeping the UIs clean and without much adornment.

Posted 1 year ago
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  1. cliveboulton reblogged this from dmerr and added:
    Icons rather than localized...sets save ever so slightly on UI instantiation latency…
  2. dmerr posted this
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