This is what the new design of Google's Gmail looks like
from David Haydl 
on April 30, 2018, 12:24 am | Write a comment
The user interface of the Gmail web app has not been updated since 2011. A week ago, however, the urgently needed redesign was activated for most users. An overview.
The new Gmail interface does not currently appear automatically for users. You can activate this by clicking on the cogwheel on the Gmail start page and then selecting "Test the new Gmail". From autumn onwards, the new features should appear automatically for all users.
Design and user interface changes
The entire surface of the Google mail service now appears in a material design. Let's start with the left sidebar. There is still the button for writing new emails, but this is now rounded on the sides. Below you can still find the lists with all folders and labels. If you select a list element, it is immediately given a round shading. The entire left bar can also be hidden so that only the icons are visible.
The action bar above the list with all emails has also been revised. First, the boxes around the individual icons have disappeared. If you mark a mail in the list, an option appears next to the already known options with which you can archive a message up to a certain point in time.
In addition to that, new options have also been added how you can interact with your mails in the list. If you move the cursor over a message, some symbols for interaction with the email appear in the right part of the list entry. You can now archive a mail directly, delete it, mark it as read or use the snooze function mentioned above without first marking it and then looking for the desired action in the bar above the list. However, if you hover over the name of the sender, contact information for the same is displayed. In addition, attachments can now appear directly in the list with all mails. To do this, you have to select the “Standard” option under Settings and Compactness.
The right sidebar is completely new. The new add-ons appear there. By default, the Google Calendar, Google Keep and the new Google Task can be found there. These services then open when called in the right part of the window. Further integrations can be added via the plus icon, but there are currently not that many of these.
Then I noticed a new font that was used, for example, for the subject line of an open mail.
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- This is what the new left sidebar looks like (screenshot: TechnikNews, 2018)
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- You can now archive mails up to a certain point in time (screenshot: TechnikNews, 2018)
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- You can now interact better with your mails (screenshot: TechnikNews, 2018)
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- Now there are also add-ons for Gmail (screenshot: TechnikNews, 2018)
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- A new font has been used for the subject line of open mails (screenshot: TechnikNews, 2018)
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- You are now clearly warned if an email should be dangerous (Screenshot: Google, 2018)
New features
With the redesign, some new features were also introduced. First of all we have the new snooze function for mails, which I have already explained above. Then there are the Smart Replies for mails, which for some reason I haven't been able to use yet. It is also practical that you can now withdraw emails after they have been sent, provided that the recipient has not yet opened them. In addition, you are now clearly warned if you have received an email that is dangerous for the user.
Upcoming features
With this release of Gmail, however, Google has only introduced a handful of new features; others should follow in the foreseeable future. So it should be possible in the future that you will be notified if you have ignored an email in your inbox for a long time. In addition, there should be a feature that can be used to set how long a recipient can read a certain email. This message can then not be forwarded and a passcode is required to open it, which the sender can set himself. In addition to this, there should be an AI-based feature in the starting blocks, which advises you to unsubscribe from newsletters from certain senders if you have not read them for a long time.
