Preview Gmail’s New Look

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If you’re a Gmail user, you might have noticed that there is a new link at the top of your Inbox called “Preview Gmail’s new look.”

Being the Google fan that I am, I tried out the new design and was moderately disappointed.

If you go to the Theme tab in your mail settings, you can change your theme to either Preview or Preview (Dense). The dense preview is the regular size, and the preview is an overextended size that was most likely created for people with 24-inch monitors.

The new preview theme doesn’t have enough contrast among the elements on the page, making everything mix and blend together. Each email isn’t distinct enough, and it’s not split up into easily-identifiable sections.

Google updated their Calendar to a similar theme, and the Calendar is bearable (even though I still switched back to the classic look). But, the new colors just don’t work well for Gmail.

I’m hoping that they’ll still permanently keep the option of using the classic design, because it’s much neater and easier on the eyes to use.

 

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