Sometimes things can become worse from being good, just in the name of innovation. A current example of such a thing is the newly introduced change of features in the Labels of GMail inbox.[Read: Labels, drag and drop, hiding and more] Innovation is supposed to bring with it, ease of use and user-friendliness. But with this new feature, what we have is completely the opposite.
GMail has pioneered user-freindliness, and I was overjoyed when I was given the facility to use the GMail Lab – Right side Chat. It allowed to manage my inbox space in a much more organised fashion. I did not bother if my hundreds of labels would mean my Chat Window would get buried down in deep underground. Everything was jolly good.
With the new features though, Label is back to a space above its original position – which is just below the default Inbox Tabs, and above chat. Sure, there is a summarizer which wraps up the Labels, which again questions its utility now. For one, I am not used to the Left-sidedness of it. Secondly, if the Labels tab is wrapped up, it only means, that when I drag and drop my messages to the left, it is going to unwrap then. The wrapping up of the Labs to show only the most used Labels is also quite questionable. This is because I have lots of Labels which I use frequently, but GMail Inbox now shows only 4 of them. For sure, I can use the “Move to:” feature still, which completely negates the drag and drop feature introduction.
I know GMail introduced the ‘drag and drop’ feature to replicate the Folder scenario as seen in Yahoo and Hotmail. But to do so here, users have to strategically place the mouse between a space so small that it can only fit a hair. This space is at the extreme beginning of the email, and before the checkbox. Yes, can you SEE it even? Talk about user-friendliness.Pffft!
And yes, Right-Side Label Labs is dead. WHYYYY????? I cannot send my Chat to the Right, because the popped up Chat Windows block the Contact list. So it did mean more sense for Right-Side Label to be enabled. I can only request, along with all the other users to bring Sexyback – Imean Right-Side Labels. Puhhhleeeeeeeezz!!!
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Author: Sujoy
I’m with you…mostly! I loved the right side labels…and while the drag and drop is cool…using keyboard short cuts is much faster. “L, then type the label name”.
But, one thing you may have found by now: you can turn off the hide feature for your labels…your list gets really long, but you can at least have them all show up. Unfortunately, my calendar, chat, and docs windows are now 3 ‘page down’ clicks away.
I agree…a step backward.
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I am with u 2. The right side labels were much much better than these … and I was much used to of it … with all labels immediately visible and comfortably accessible ….. I hope google goes
back to right side labels … (and by the way .. keep
this drag and drop thingy)
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i hate the new label drag and drop system that google has implement. It’s a step backward. They should ask the users for feedback before moving forward. It’s sucks!!!!!!!!!
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I’m with you at all!! I need the labels on the right-hand side again!! Now I have too much information on the left!
I miss them.
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I absolutely agree with you all. It was much more efficient to check off items and use the ‘Labels’ drop down menu. In addition I am very displeased with not having right hand side labels anymore. Grr Google!
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1 other suggestion: If drag/drop has to be done from the lefthand side of the screen, then why not give users the option to use either righthand side labels or lefthand side drag/drop labels?
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i hate the new label drag and drop system that google has implement. It's a step backward. They should ask the users for feedback before moving forward. It's sucks!!!!!!!!!
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