Bereninga

In case some of you haven’t noticed, Google decided to make its buttons a little cooler. I like how they grouped each function according to how similar they behaved. The left three buttons are ways to remove the items from your inbox. The next two buttons are interesting. “Move to” is used to label an item and archive it simultaneously. “Labels” just adds a label to an item. What if you want to add more than one label to an item and then archive it? You will most likely have to do it the old school way by adding the labels and then still clicking on archive. Also, first-time users may (or may not) get confused after moving something to a label/folder. In this new interface, the labels act as both a folder and a tag.

Ohhh, did I just say tag? I wonder why Google just doesn’t implement tags and trash the idea of folders. Perhaps it may have to deal with the way Apple Mail handles Gmail. Currently, Apple Mail doesn’t have a label or tag functionality. Apple, do you hear this?

Anyway, I guess we’ll see how well users adapt to the new interface.