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Hold onto your hats email marketeers, Gmail, the notoriously difficult to please email client, is about to get a new look, but what will this mean for folk like us?
General consensus seems to be the new face of Gmail takes up a lot more space and therefore displays less information, not really two results that fill you with confidence, I for one reverted to old favourite, 'Classic', as soon as my curiosity was satisfied.
The design has been brought in to match the new style's that have graced the Google brand recently, with the launch of Google+ it would appear the search giant has decided to freshen up it's look across the board. Designed by Andy Hertzfeld, an original Macintosh designer, and in-keeping with the minimalistic approach that has followed Google through it's entire growth, the new theme for Gmail is quite stark in comparison to other email clients, which might mean it's very gentle on the eyes but you do get a sense of space-gone-overboard. The defining lines between messages aren't clear and when coupled with a view that accommodates a 'Priority Inbox', 'To Do' and 'To Send' the whole page just looks misguided.
Bring back the definition Gmail and all will be forgiven.
To preview the new look Gmail go to Themes (within settings) and select 'Preview' or 'Preview Dense'.
- @Roona
