I have a small suggestion to Gmail team particularly to the User Interface team (if there is such team). Making the labels collapsible was a great idea. Because now you can keep the important labels visible and the rest hidden in the drop down menu.
The small usability issue that is causing tens of thousands of people to click, scroll, and scan everyday is the state of the “# more” link below the labels (see screenshot). This is the link where you click and see your other hidden labels. This is the link where you click and see if there is any new email in any of the labels. Especially if you have setup your filter to “skip the inbox“.
Making this “more” link bold when there is new email would save everyone a lot of time. It’s a small thing for Google, but it’s kind of big deal for Gmail users. Don’t you agree? If you do please re-tweet this post to @Google. (here is the short url for this post http://ow.ly/odJw).
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Gmail is a great service. It is attractive simple and appealing. It is the best free email service that is available.But as you pointed out there are few problems with it too. It need some corrections to become the best..
I agree. I am going to retweet the post right now.
It really such a nice idea.
Yep, gmail is the best :)
I agree. I just noticed the collapsible labels. This a is a great example of a small tweak that makes the UI much better.
Thanks for such nice and interesting and informative post.
@Best CSS Gallery– You are right that Gmail is the best rather than others.
Agree with you ades. Sometimes i feel annoying.
yeah I like this idea too. It’s more organized with that drop down menu what ever you call that.
I don’t use labels till now but gmail is better than all mail services.
Agreed! I’ve just retweeted it. This is an interesting way to drive viral traffic to somewhere. Makes me think…..hmmmmm
Thanks for the informative post…yeah I like this idea too.I just noticed the collapsible labels..I hope we can use this function as discussed to improve efficiency and experience of your daily time spend on gmail!
I agree, details are very important and your suggestion will improve usability
Of course, I have noticed that too. Making the text # more a bit more bold can really make the gmail panel more user friendly.
However still there are many users who will like to have no change in gmail, but still I think this change can make the gmail more user friendly.
huhu. nice advice.
I also agree in your idea. It’s the gmail users will be benefited in your suggestion. You have a very good idea.
You are quite observant. That’s a good suggestion.
A simple but very effective idea , nice one ades
What a great idea. Now if you can only get them to do this.
nice one. I believe they will do something about that.
not really notice about that. Thanks to telling us.
I guess what I liked about this post is not just that suggestion is simple & in-your-face obvious yet people miss on it, but I liked that you wanna change things for better & it doesn’t have to be Goliath v/s David battle to make the difference. It’s sign of deep thinking & attempts to make the difference.
I love the collapsible labels.. but I wish you could change the settings so that you could turn the threading off. I don’t necessarily want all my emails threaded!
Gmail is a great service. But as you pointed out it has some problems too. It will need some changes to become the best. But google leads lot of markets. I am sure they will fix it soon.
I use it like a harddisk:)