Please, for the love of all things holy, bring back the option to go back to basic mail. The option just disappeared for me today (WHY?!) and I can't stand the new layout. Why is there no option to collapse the empty panel on the right side--the one that says starred and contacts? It takes up way too much space that should be used for displaying my emails!
It looks like you're trying way too hard to be Gmail without giving us the easy readability and customization options of Gmail. I have always preferred Yahoo because of the clean, uncluttered interface of the basic version, but now my Gmail account is sooo much easier to look at than the new Yahoo mail.
Other complaints:
--Too difficult to tell the difference between read and unread messages via the message title (the little purple dots next to the sender names are just visually distracting)
--Including part of the message next to the message title clutters the layout. Just list the titles!
--Why include icons next to the sender names? I can read just fine, that's why I have an email account. It would look so much cleaner without the distracting icons.
--This is a minor one, but why does EVERY visual aspect have a round edge? What do you have against rectangles? I know newer web devs seem to be obsessed with rounding everything, but sharp edges just look so much crisper and cleaner.
Megan Rau
Please, for the love of all things holy, bring back the option to go back to basic mail. The option just disappeared for me today (WHY?!) and I can't stand the new layout. Why is there no option to collapse the empty panel on the right side--the one that says starred and contacts? It takes up way too much space that should be used for displaying my emails!
It looks like you're trying way too hard to be Gmail without giving us the easy readability and customization options of Gmail. I have always preferred Yahoo because of the clean, uncluttered interface of the basic version, but now my Gmail account is sooo much easier to look at than the new Yahoo mail.
Other complaints:
--Too difficult to tell the difference between read and unread messages via the message title (the little purple dots next to the sender names are just visually distracting)
--Including part of the message next to the message title clutters the layout. Just list the titles!
--Why include icons next to the sender names? I can read just fine, that's why I have an email account. It would look so much cleaner without the distracting icons.
--This is a minor one, but why does EVERY visual aspect have a round edge? What do you have against rectangles? I know newer web devs seem to be obsessed with rounding everything, but sharp edges just look so much crisper and cleaner.