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Re:Gmail Icons are Hard by nightski on Monday May 14, 2018 @01:24PM (#17067371)
Isn't that kind of a poor choice then if the intent is to have the user hover over the icon? Also what about touch?

If there was a functional advantage of the icons that would be great. But I'm guessing it was chosen just to "look prettier".

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Re:Gmail Icons are Hard by JoshuaEN on Monday May 14, 2018 @02:13PM (#17067947)
Icons take up less space on the screen, which is useful if you are using a smaller browser window (or a phone screen).
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Re:Gmail Icons are Hard by thedaemon on Monday May 14, 2018 @03:05PM (#17068442)
But the trend, and the default GMail settings for UI spacing is far too spaced out. I'm finding it difficult to use some of the newer UI's with such wide spacing, without using the app fullscreen. Microsoft CRM, I'm looking at you. It's 100% not usable unless it's full screen.
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