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Gmail’s next big redesign starts rolling out next week

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They should force all designers to only use 15/16 screen sizes, maybe then they will add options to allow UI fragments to be collapsible or hidden.

They can use the screens of any size but only with 1366x768 resolution. That would be better.

Just took a look at Levono.com, played with filters... in the year 2022 you still can buy a model with such screen:

    Part Number 20X1CTO1WWUS1
    Processor : 11th Generation Intel® Core™ i3-1115G4 Processor (3.00 GHz, up to 4.10 GHz with Turbo Boost, 2 Cores, 4 Threads, 6 MB Cache)
    Operating System : Windows 11 Home
    Lenovo recommends Windows 11 Pro for business.
    Graphics : Integrated Intel® UHD Graphics
    Memory : 4 GB DDR4 3200MHz
    Storage : 128 GB PCIe SSD
    Display : 14.0" HD (1366 x 768) anti-glare, 220 nits

I can bet $15 most (as in 99.99%) of the UX/UI designers at Google have at least FHD screens, many of them with 4K screens.

I never seen a designer, even in a small company, with out multiple high-end monitors.

Even if they start without expensive setup they will see their peers in office and will match their setup pretty soon.

Thank goodness - I was getting really bored of effortlessly using my mail client, and it has been far too long since some designers got promoted at Google.

The only browser extension I pay for is Simplify Gmail[1].

Worth every penny. I hope it works with the new design.

[1] https://simpl.fyi/

dropped gmail's gui for thunderbird 2 redesigns ago. Touching a productivity tool's (that works!) GUI is almost always a very bad idea.

Please, for the love of God, allow us to collapse the columns. I work on a 12" screen.

Hopefully they can then get to work on the iPad app.

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