On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 8:41 AM, Richard McClary <richard.mccl...@aspca.org> wrote: > I’m much happier now, and I’m glad I’m not the only person who dislikes the > new format.
Far from it. Here's my rant from when Google first inflicted this upon me: <RANT> New color scheme uses lots of similar colors and shaded backgrounds. It also uses faint color variations where before it just had simple text/character markers (e.g., current message). The result: Loss of contrast, loss of visual cues. I find it much harder to read. Various functions I used a lot -- especially "Mark as Read" -- have been moved into a "More" drop down menu. This despite there being plenty of free space in the bar for the buttons. The label list now expands and contracts automatically when I point to it. This damages subconscious memory of where labels are. It's a moving target. Fail. When the message list is "semi-collapsed" (message hidden but snippets still visible), it uses at least twice as much space per message as before. The colored name labels for different people in a conversation are gone. I guess the face icons are supposed to replace that, but not everyone has a Google account with a photo, thanks. And that's just what I discovered in the first 30 seconds, before I switched back to the "old look". Dear software companies everywhere, but especially Google, Microsoft, and Facebook: Stop fscking moving everything around because the latest wanker you hired thinks he can improve things 0.023% or because some focus group said gray is the new black. Leave it fscking where it is so we have a hope in heck of learning how to use it. We don't change how cars and light switches work every three years, and there's a darn good reason for that. So stop it. Just. Stop. Sincerely, Ben Scott Chief Disgruntled Officer Curmudgeons Local 151 </RANT> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
