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Re:Why Gmail's new design is unsuitable for heavy use by alxv on Saturday November 12, 2011 @04:38PM (#3228997)
Internationalization issues could explain the change from a word based navigational to an icon based one. Long words from languages other than English might not fit well in the new layout.
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Re:Why Gmail's new design is unsuitable for heavy use by kelnos on Saturday November 12, 2011 @07:24PM (#3229373)
People have been doing l10n for user interfaces for decades. There's always a way to make things fit and still convey meaning, even with languages that tend to have crazy-long words.
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