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Gmail has changed its format again.
self | 10/8/18 | self

Posted on 10/08/2018 5:35:01 AM PDT by Jerrybob

Gmail has changed its format AGAIN. Anyone know how to get back to the old one???


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1 posted on 10/08/2018 5:35:01 AM PDT by Jerrybob
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To: Jerrybob

What is this google?


2 posted on 10/08/2018 5:37:28 AM PDT by Leep (Want pari)
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To: Leep

Right f gmail. They are par of Google therefore the enemy.


3 posted on 10/08/2018 5:39:49 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: Jerrybob

Sorry, Jerry. I avoid all things Google.


4 posted on 10/08/2018 5:40:44 AM PDT by SharpRightTurn (Chuck Schumer--giving pond scum everywhere a bad name.)
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To: Jerrybob
Here's one weird trick you can try...


5 posted on 10/08/2018 5:44:47 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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To: SharpRightTurn
I avoid all things Google.

You just used it by visiting and posting to this page.
6 posted on 10/08/2018 5:45:38 AM PDT by TexasGunLover
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To: Jerrybob

Click the “gear wheel” on the upper right.
Click “display density”
Change the format to your liking.

Is this what you needed?


7 posted on 10/08/2018 5:47:27 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: SharpRightTurn
I avoid all things Google.

But Google doesn't avoid all things SharpRightTurn.


8 posted on 10/08/2018 5:55:01 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: TexasGunLover

Huh?


9 posted on 10/08/2018 6:01:32 AM PDT by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
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To: EEGator

Thank you!


10 posted on 10/08/2018 6:11:49 AM PDT by CaraMiaR (Excuse me, I have to adjust my aluminium hat.)
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To: outofsalt
Huh?

You're using Google right now. Every page on FR uses Google analytics and allows for tracking of everything you do on this site and others.
11 posted on 10/08/2018 6:16:10 AM PDT by TexasGunLover
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To: CaraMiaR
You are welcome! Here's a free, happy picture for you...


12 posted on 10/08/2018 6:20:17 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: Jerrybob

I don’t think you can get back to the ‘old’ format. The closest you can come is to change the ‘density’ and it looks more like the old format.

This recent change was THE LAST STRAW for me. I’ve had gmail for years, before I knew what Google was up to in total (bias, extent of lack of privacy, etc.). I haven’t used Google as a search engine for some years now; however, I have some blogs and other accounts where I’ve used my gmail account to sign up, my gmail is a user id, etc.

As of last week, I am switching all that I can to a different non-Google email. I did some research online and picked one that I thought would suit me. I’ve been using it for almost a week now. Probably what I don’t like about it the most is I have to manually refresh (if I have it open in a tab) to see if there is new mail (with gmail, you see it on the tab automatically - using Firefox). Other than that, it gives me a delay sending, attachments are easy to add and you can send larger ones than with gmail, I have plenty of folders for organizing, you can create filters, there is a “mail collector” feature so I could collect my mail on gmail & have it forwarded to my new account, etc. There is no color on my new email, unlike gmail with all of their themes, etc. You don’t realize how colorful gmail is until you don’t have any, but being ‘colorful’ doesn’t offset all of Google/gmail’s other serious issues that have become intolerable for me.

Here’s the article I used for reviewing some different emails .... there are many others out there if you do a search for ‘alternatives to gmail’ (if you want ‘free’, make it ‘free alternatives’ - that was one of my criteria). The article lists differ in their recommendations so really look around. I have settled on GMX and so far, I’m satisfied with it, other than the notification situation.

https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/top-6-popular-free-email-providers-online-gmail-yahoo/


13 posted on 10/08/2018 6:29:42 AM PDT by Qiviut (McCain & Obama's Legacy in two words: DONALD TRUMP!)
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To: TexasGunLover
You're using Google right now. Every page on FR uses Google analytics and allows for tracking of everything you do on this site and others.

Not if you're using Ghostery to turn off the Google tracker. Great anti-tracker.

14 posted on 10/08/2018 6:31:21 AM PDT by upchuck (... if we didn't have to spend time raising campaign money, things would be different ~ CongressmanX)
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To: Jerrybob

https://protonmail.com


15 posted on 10/08/2018 6:36:08 AM PDT by Carpe Cerevisi
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To: Jerrybob

The format is similar to one used on the iOS Google Mail app.


16 posted on 10/08/2018 6:43:19 AM PDT by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's Economic Cure)
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To: upchuck
Not if you're using Ghostery to turn off the Google tracker. Great anti-tracker.

I'd recommend doing a wireshark... it doesn't do what you expect.
17 posted on 10/08/2018 6:45:34 AM PDT by TexasGunLover
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To: EEGator

How do you GET RID of the pre-formated answers like “got it?”

Gmail goes through a couple of loading sequences now. What’s going on? Is the Chicom bot being called to monitor my email? /s


18 posted on 10/08/2018 6:46:39 AM PDT by ptsal
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To: TexasGunLover
You're using Google right now. Every page on FR uses Google analytics and allows for tracking of everything you do on this site and others.

FAIL!

19 posted on 10/08/2018 6:51:13 AM PDT by BlackbirdSST (Apparently I voted demoncrat for 40 years. They all wore 'R' jerseys! 'R'atpublicans!)
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To: EEGator

“Display Density” chooses a view, but does not take you back to “classic gmail.”


20 posted on 10/08/2018 6:58:31 AM PDT by ptsal
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