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Developers In Pain. The Future of Technology. It's Here. Geekchartbig.gif (GIF Image, 1000x581 pixels) What If Gmail Had Been Designed by Microsoft? What If Gmail Had Been Designed by Microsoft? Today I want to ponder the question: what if Microsoft, not Google, had created Gmail? What would be the differences in that web mail client for users today? What if we apply some of the same design rules that brought us Hotmail, for instance? To start, here’s the current Gmail homepage after you log-in: First of all, we need to rebrand the application name to something longer.

For another design iteration in our inbox, we will need to camouflage the checkboxes next to the messages by putting a mail icon on top of them. There’s still not enough banner space available though, so let’s add a top row for ads and move the rest a bit more down. Somehow, this still misses part of the Microsoft feeling – the current design is just too bright & light, and it doesn’t have enough glamor. Voila, we’re done... that was easy! >> More posts Advertisement This site unofficially covers Google™ and more with some rights reserved. How Projects Really Work.