Seven details that Gmail mobile cannot ignore

Many friends like to use the built-in exchange client on the iPhone to collect Gmail, which is indeed fast and convenient (stable in China ). It is a pity that you will not be able to appreciate the best web app in the world, and ignore its charming details. Although I think the Gmail mobile web app has been doing well on the iPhone, The Gmail team is obviously not self-disciplined and has been improving its user experience (especially diligent in the last three months ).

Just yesterday, the Gmail blog announced several new features. I took this opportunity to sort out some details that should not be ignored, so that everyone can understand its beauty and strength.

　　Detail 1: Retina high-resolution textures

This effect was improved only in March. The search icon (magnifiers), the delete icon (waste bin), and the back button were made into a new style. It looks sharp now. In a word, it is "sharp like a blade ".

　　Detail 2: pull-down refresh gesture

The pull-down refresh gesture has become a standard configuration for many iPhone apps. First, a Twitter client (is it Tweetie?) appears ?), Now it gradually appears on many web apps. The pull-down feel of Gmail is very good, close to the native program.

　　Details 3: Multi-account Switching

This function was added only yesterday. You do not need to log in and log out later. You only need to click the switch button on the homepage. More importantly, you can save different accounts as different bookmarks and click bookmarks to directly access this account.

　　Detail 4: Page switching Animation

Gmail mobile borrowed many iPhone elements, such as button styles and placement locations, in the design of pages. The switching animation after clicking (sliding left and right) makes you feel that this is a web app and it is really smooth.

　　Detail 5: Page scrolling speed

Android users relish the following: as long as your fingers slide gently, the page will "scroll fast", which is faster than the iPhone. Gmail mobile has moved the android rolling speed to the iPhone. When browsing long emails, you only need to scroll once to reach the bottom.

　　Detail 6: color labels

Mail Classification tags can also be seen in exchange, But iPhone users will always envy the color tags in native Android Gmail programs. This is not a problem in Gmail mobile, just like the desktop version.

　　Details 7: Mobile Signature

Separating the desktop signature from the mobile signature is too bad, avoiding some embarrassing situations. In addition, you can move the silly signature like "self-sent iPhone.

I remember that the Gmail Java client on Nokia s60 automatically added "send from my mobile device", and now you can enjoy this treatment in Gmail mobile.

　　Last words

Gmail is undoubtedly a pioneer in the HTML 5 industry. It allows users to love web apps from the bottom of their hearts and write design textbooks.

A friend told me that he purchased an Android app for the native Gmail client. I replied, "This is great. After the web app has evolved for a while, welcome back to the iPhone camp, I believe it will not disappoint you."