Old gmail is faster and normal things like opening a link in a new tab actually works like any other page and its actually a lot easier to read because of it.
In the new interface you are only given a fraction of the horizontal space for the actual mail, and I actually have to scroll sideways to see the pop out in new window control which for aesthetic reasons is only a graphic with no text label except on mouse over. Popping it out gives you a window that you may or may not need to resize or move for optimal reading and as far as I can see there is no way to just read the mail in a new tab in the same window at all which breaks most people's methodology for managing multiple tabs.
https://support.google.com/mail/answer/15049?hl=en
Old gmail is faster and normal things like opening a link in a new tab actually works like any other page and its actually a lot easier to read because of it.
In the new interface you are only given a fraction of the horizontal space for the actual mail, and I actually have to scroll sideways to see the pop out in new window control which for aesthetic reasons is only a graphic with no text label except on mouse over. Popping it out gives you a window that you may or may not need to resize or move for optimal reading and as far as I can see there is no way to just read the mail in a new tab in the same window at all which breaks most people's methodology for managing multiple tabs.
It's not merely bad its actively hostile.