Google is beta testing letting users change the look of their gmail

http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/11/19/gmail-themes-thats-totally-ninja/

by vaksel • 18 years ago

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vaksel2• 18 years ago

although beta testing may not be entirely correct, since Gmail itself is still in beta.

litewulf• 18 years ago

Perhaps some parts of Gmail are RC and some are beta? (No idea, beta really doesn't have any meaning here)

vaksel2• 18 years ago

I meant that they have the beta tag in their logo

trickjarrett4• 18 years ago

This is a nice feature, users like to adjust the look and feel. I know I've wanted to do away with the look before.

I am beginning to feel like Google is just sort of playing with gmail, they could be pushing it further as a mail client. The labs and the new look and feel stuff are all rather quite inconsequential.

They need to push gmail out of beta and begin a full development support for it.

josefresco• 18 years ago

"They need to push gmail out of beta and begin a full development support for it."

That's a joke right? Is there any perceivable difference between the development of a 'beta' Google product and a 'final' Google product?

trickjarrett4• 18 years ago

No it's not a joke. Google lets things sit in beta forever, why? Because then they can work in spurts of development rather than continuous improvement.

How long was it before we saw improvements to gmail after it first launched? We're in a period of development now but for a while it was stagnant and had no real features rolled out for it.

If they move it out of Beta and commit to continuous development for it, then they can continue to attract users and converts, and have a more appealing tool with which to sell corporate systems etc.

No joke, I was serious.

azsromej• 18 years ago

Some pics of the themes http://romej.com/archives/616/new-gmail-themes

Google is beta testing letting users change the look of their gmail

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