24-core CPU and I can’t type an email

Re:24-core CPU and I can’t type an email by codedokode on Friday August 17, 2018 @01:09AM (#17780420)

I usually append /h/ to the URL (/mail/h/) and get a HTML version. It can work even without JS and it has classic design with small rows that works well on my small screen. No Material Design and no huge elements with large offsets.

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Re:24-core CPU and I can’t type an email by bevel on Friday August 17, 2018 @01:34AM (#17780506)

I hate material design. I don't want more vacant space, I want density.

Ive always loved Japanese website layouts. Content is beauty.

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Re:24-core CPU and I can’t type an email by vesinisa on Friday August 17, 2018 @03:28AM (#17780950)

I hope you have noticed that in GMail you can swtich between different "density" modes. In your Inbox, click on the cogwheel on the right-hand top corner and select the second option "Display density". The "Compact" setting is actually rather dense. Although, it mostly affects the density of rows (conversations) in your inbox and does not scale e.g. the search box input field above.

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Re:24-core CPU and I can’t type an email by audiolion on Friday August 17, 2018 @01:48AM (#17780559)

do you have any examples or resources on Japanese style web design?

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Re:24-core CPU and I can’t type an email by themodelplumber on Friday August 17, 2018 @02:13AM (#17780633)

It's everywhere. Simple example: Compare the differences--and even the subtleties--in information density between yahoo.co.jp and Yahoo.com.

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Re:24-core CPU and I can’t type an email by anonytrary on Friday August 17, 2018 @02:22AM (#17780673)

Oh wow that is a stark contrast. yahoo.co.uk, yahoo.co.in, yahoo.co.id, etc. are all incredibly low-density as well. I have always loved the Japanese aesthetic, I wonder if any other cultures have a similar preference for websites.

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Re:24-core CPU and I can’t type an email by SmellyGeekBoy on Friday August 17, 2018 @05:41AM (#17781499)

Only downside being that it's common to see people walking around in Japan with their phone about a foot in front of their face.

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Re:24-core CPU and I can’t type an email by themodelplumber on Friday August 17, 2018 @06:17PM (#17785836)

Sounds like me. On the couch or walking around I'm at 10-12 inches away. I wonder--do people who don't prefer high information density hold their devices farther away?

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Re:24-core CPU and I can’t type an email by Accacin on Friday August 17, 2018 @10:01AM (#17782868)

It's not just Japanese, Chinese also. An article not long ago theorized some reasoning behind it: https://randomwire.com/why-japanese-web-design-is-so-differe...

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Re:24-core CPU and I can’t type an email by DoctorOetker on Friday August 17, 2018 @01:49AM (#17780561)

I just tried that, and noticed promotions in the inbox, the non-HTML version separated the "primary" from the "promotions". Are they merging them to keep HTML version annoying?

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Re:24-core CPU and I can’t type an email by manigandham on Friday August 17, 2018 @02:07AM (#17780613)

The HTML version is the legacy UI from a few generations ago, before features like inbox categories were implemented.

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Re:24-core CPU and I can’t type an email by DoctorOetker on Friday August 17, 2018 @02:11AM (#17780627)

I always assumed the behaviour and categorization was in their backend. I think its weird that the view (HTML vs javascript) is not decoupled from the model?

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Re:24-core CPU and I can’t type an email by codedokode on Friday August 17, 2018 @02:22AM (#17780669)

While that is possible it would make no sense. Why spend time refactoring code to improve a legacy UI for old browsers almost nobody is using? Legacy UI doesn't know anything about categorization because it was added later.

Actually Gmail's approach is sane. They just keep old UI working as it used to many years ago although the backend could have changed completely.

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Re:24-core CPU and I can’t type an email by aidos on Friday August 17, 2018 @02:22AM (#17780670)

Maybe the categorisation is metadata against each email. Maybe even so they could use it without breaking the old legacy systems.

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Re:24-core CPU and I can’t type an email by y4mi on Friday August 17, 2018 @02:24AM (#17780682)

what exactly are they supposed to do in the backend?

they probably have an api in which you can limit the results by category. As the old interface doesn't have any limiter implemented, they're getting all the results back.

you can also disable categories in the newer interface and the effect would be the same (everything in the inbox)

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Re:24-core CPU and I can’t type an email by emilsedgh on Friday August 17, 2018 @03:12AM (#17780886)

Now this is what I call a sane UI!

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Re:24-core CPU and I can’t type an email by blt on Friday August 17, 2018 @01:36AM (#17780517)

this does not work for me. when I type "gmail.com" it redirects to:

    https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox

where should I put the /h/?

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Re:24-core CPU and I can’t type an email by mathrawka on Friday August 17, 2018 @01:41AM (#17780533)

    https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/h/

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Re:24-core CPU and I can’t type an email by codedokode on Friday August 17, 2018 @02:14AM (#17780637)

https://mail.google.com/mail/h/

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