'A Fresh, Clean Look.' Gmail Is About To Get a Makeover (fortune.com)

Posted by msmash on Thursday April 12, 2018 @02:00AM from the up-next dept.

Google says it is working on a big refresh for Gmail on the web. From a report: The upgrade was revealed in a message from Google to administrators of G Suite accounts -- G Suite being the suite of Google services that organizations can use on their own web domains, rather than Google's. The message stated that the changes would be coming to consumer Gmail accounts, as well as G Suite accounts. Google said the refresh would include not only a "fresh, clean look for Gmail on the web," but also easy ways to access other Google services, such as Google Calendar, from the Gmail web app. The company recently started winding down its Chrome apps for all platforms but Google's own Chrome OS. Windows, Mac and Linux users are now being encouraged to instead use Google's web apps, and it's only logical that those interfaces are now getting upgraded to include the functionality that would otherwise be lost. The Verge has screenshots of the new interface.

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What a joke. Google controls the regulations by Anonymous Coward · 2018-04-12 03:06 · Score: 0, Troll

You people who believe that government actually solves problems (despite 5,000 years of historical evidence to the contrary) are amazing. Google is one of the biggest companies on Earth and is vastly more powerful than any member of Congress. "Regulation" means Google will write the regulations to their benefit and to crush the competition.
If you want to make a difference, VOTE WITH YOUR MONEY and use private technology that doesn't track you. Start by ditching Gmail for an alternative like ProtonMail or StartMail, and ditching Google search for DuckDuckGo or StartPage.