Ask HN: Gmail showing new ‘dev’ options at the bottom

2 pointsdropoutcoder2 comments

My google apps / gmail account is showing two new links at the bottom left of my mobile web session.

1) In red is a link that says ‘Send internal feedback’.

2) Another link toggles between ‘Show consoles/Hide consoles’.

Neither link is operational. Is this a bug that is revealing internal developer links by accident?

I can see it too → https://i.imgur.com/UeMHPys.png Clicking the “Send internal feedback” link triggers an error in the JavaScript console that says “ReferenceError: Can't find variable: FEATURE_STRING” while clicking the “Show Consoles” link simply toggles an internal state that apparently makes a development console visible to whoever has access to a debug UI. I found "gfeedback.js" but following the code all the way down only results in a request to https://www.google.com/tools/feedback

Maybe if one is able to activate the feedback feature and attach their CV, Google will offer a job interview.

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