Does anyone like gmails new look

While these great features work elegantly and effectively on Inbox, they look just crammed in the new revamped Gmail interface. Inbox did that for me, and it may do the same for you. You can download it for Android or iOS or access it on desktop here. Events Innovation Festival. Ultimately these little blobs just resemble toys or crunched up candy wrappers. At first I thought the little red triangular tabs were a nice visual indicator, but somehow they messed that up too.

Each icon could have had the tab in a different corner, but Calendar and Drive both have it on the bottom right. This is a good segue into the shape problems, because the perceived shape of these icons will change depending on the background. You have to be real careful about transparent parts of your design — positive and negative space and all that.

Will these logos look good with a hole in the middle looking onto a dark grey inactive tab? Or will the hole always be filled in with white, making it positive space when on a dark background and negative when on white? This is correct. Anyhow the issue with these icons is that their shapes are bad. At a distance, who can tell?

World globe An icon of the world globe, indicating different international options. Get the Insider App. Click here to learn more. A leading-edge research firm focused on digital transformation. Good Subscriber Account active since Shortcuts. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. It often indicates a user profile. Log out. US Markets Loading H M S In the news.

Sean Wolfe. Here's what the old Gmail inbox looked like. It often indicates a user profile. Log out. US Markets Loading H M S In the news. Nick Bastone. Change can be hard, especially when it comes to your inbox. Click on the settings gear in the top right hand corner. Then click on "Density Display.