Comments on: What happened to Gmail?

By: flippedup

flippedup — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 03:56:57 +0000

FF 2.0.0.11 under Ubuntu 7.10 Gnome 2.20.1 and it performs the same way using the new version of GMail. @Julien closing the GMail tab does cause FF to freeze for 5+ seconds. In this release, I think they’re trying to pull back less data by using JSON and have the client’s browser build everything. Every time GMail queries for new data, it seems to redisplay the starred and status images. It’s definitely slower than the older version but it comes packed with more features.

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By: Raj

Raj — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 06:15:18 +0000

I experience the same issue with Gmail. Though I”m not sure if its Gmail or FireFox. FF seems buggy with recent releases. I have problem with many sites in FF. FF-2.0.0.10 seem to have come soon after 2.0.0.9 – I wonder why! Yet to try .10 version.

By: George P.

George P. — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 20:47:28 +0000

I too found the new version quite disappointing. I also take objection with Google hiding a product like GMail behind a Beta banner. It seems as if anyone can add a beta title these days and justify screw ups.

By: Julien Lecomte

Julien Lecomte — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 16:54:08 +0000

@Sam

Maybe they haven’t moved you to the new version yet.

I still manage to freeze the entire browser for about 10 seconds every time I close the tab that’s currently running Gmail. Every so often, this same action causes Firefox to crash. I cannot reproduce any of these problems with the older version of Gmail.

Also, the interface is a bit more sluggish than the older version (especially switching to a folder I haven’t visited since the beginning of a session)

If a Gmail developer happens to read this, I am using Firefox 2.0.0.9. I disabled Firebug and turned the chat feature off.

By: Sam S

Sam S — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 00:17:40 +0000

I have had no troubles; I do however find yahoo mail to be far and away inferior to gmail.

1) Gmail less ads
2) Superior handling of attachments
3) Awesome spam protection – virus pro seems good too
4) The great interface

yahoo seem by comparison to be chintzy and awkward