Gmail is a utility with good enough visual design. I do not feel the urge for self-expression here. Other people might feel otherwise about utilities in general and gmail in particular.
-- Oleh Kovalchuke Interaction Design is design of time http://www.tangospring.com/IxDtopicWhatIsInteractionDesign.htm On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 4:40 AM, Ryan O'Malley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What does everyone think about the new Gmail themes? > > Personally I'm not a fan - there's a lot of extra visual noise and the > contrast is poor on many of them. > > It's a shame there's no (working) option to opt out or switch to the old > version, which I find particularly strange considering it's the primary > email client for a lot of organisations. > > I understand that Google are supposedly trying to shake off Gmail's "nerd" > image but all of a sudden it feels a little like... MySpace. > > R > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
