I agree that the loss of contrast is a huge mistake. -- Espi
On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 5:57 AM, Ben Scott <mailvor...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > > ~ 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
