Gmail Redesigned: Google's Email To Get A New Look

Gmail's getting a makeover.

According to a post on the Gmail Blog, Google's popular email service will soon roll out updates to the Gmail interface that are designed to streamline the appearance of the tool to make it easier for users to manage their mail.

"Over the years, adding countless features to Gmail has made it an increasingly powerful communication hub, but along the way the interface has also become more cluttered and complex," wrote Jason Cornwell, User Experience Designer for the service. "That’s one of the reasons we’re embarking on a series of interface updates to help strip out unnecessary clutter and make Gmail as beautiful as it is powerful."

As part of this revamp, Google Calendar will be getting a new look, too. (Click here to see a sample of the Calendar redesign.)

The changes will be gradually rolled out over the next few months. Right now, users can apply Google's new settings to preview two of the upcoming themes, which feature different information densities. While the two themes available now are fairly simple, Google promises that updated themes with colors and illustrations are on their way. Google also notes that some Labs features will not display properly in the preview.

To try out the new themes, simply go to Mail Settings in Gmail, then to the "Themes" tab. The new themes are titled "Preview" and "Preview (dense)," and they appear at the bottom of the list of available themes. Choose one to test-drive the new Gmail for yourself, or view screenshots of the new setup (below).

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Comments

[Ryan Secret]

11:49 PM on 08/25/2011

the new interface looks more beautiful, but I used to the old interface and don't like to change for another one, because the simple the better, and I get used to it. http://www.cars-electronics.com/double-din-mazda-3-dvd-gps-7-inch-digital-screen-with-tv-fm-steering-wheel-control-ipod-rds_p1349.html

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[Phil Leon]

03:00 AM on 07/07/2011

Do you mean to tell me Google is NOT going to force this on users like they do with everything else they dream-up?
As a elderly person, I do not like change!

[Chockolate]

12:00 AM on 07/05/2011

The whole more important/less important buttons were a feature too far for me.

[Barbara DeZan]

07:58 PM on 07/04/2011

I don't care for Gmail much but am forced to use it for some of the programs I use.

I hope they clean up the homepage. It's so loaded with crapola and print everywhere, it's sometimes hard to find what you are looking for.

I'd like to use it more...but, it's not as "friendly" as my regular email account....

[cravencitizen]

05:20 PM on 07/04/2011

I just want to sort by From.

[Chockolate]

11:56 PM on 07/04/2011

Can't you simply search for the sender?

[Imzadi]

07:03 AM on 07/05/2011

You can, but it's tedious.

[Imzadi]

07:03 AM on 07/05/2011

I agree!

[djfoley123]

03:35 PM on 07/04/2011

About time, gmail is really poorly layed out.

[hismuse]

01:35 PM on 07/04/2011

Love it, so far. I am always excited about things being redesigned, it's usually a good thing.

[tamashi]

04:22 AM on 07/04/2011

yuck it looks a lot like livemail or whatever it is called by mocrosft these days. I do not like this.

[kittycarumba]

02:58 PM on 07/03/2011

Oh wow a new look! How about doing some thing about your lack of security

[Chockolate]

11:57 PM on 07/04/2011

Did you set your password to 'password'?

[WixNoo Mason]

02:10 PM on 07/03/2011

Now why do they have to go and mess with a good thing? Makes no sense.
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[significadoname]

11:58 AM on 07/03/2011

I like the new GMAIL features =D

[ssieg]

08:25 AM on 07/03/2011

i've been using their Preview (Dense) & Preview themes for a couple of days now... it was available to Google+ early adopters... appears to have removed the clutter and is more condensed... it is refreshing!! looking forward to an calendar 'update' :)

[CptKendrick]

08:21 AM on 07/03/2011

I use gmail only because as an I.T. person, I switch computers so often, I've wasted too much time over the years, reconfiguring my mail clients, and transferring mail stores with POP, but even when I switched to IMAP, it was still a pain (though not nearly as much).

Gmail, for all it's faults, leaves me more time for the important things.

But the big question is: will they do something about their confounded method of handling threaded messages!?!?!? Argh!

[Blackstonia]

08:14 AM on 07/03/2011

They don't seem to be able to leave it alone, it started out all bloated with "features" and it just gets more bloated.