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UI&us is about User Interface Design, User Experience design and the cognitive psychology behind design in general. It's written by Keith Lang, co-founder of Skitch; now a part of Evernote.  His views and opinions are his own and do not represent in any way the views or opinions of any company. 

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Sunday
Feb012009

Google's UI Details

DateSunday, February 1, 2009 at 2:15PM

This window is showing Gmail's offline mail feature synchronizing my computer with Google's servers for the first time. I like 3 things about it:

  • Downloads are obviously starting from the most current mail to the oldest, this makes great sense if you don't have time to download everything before disconnecting from the web
  • I'm told how far downloads have progressed in terms of how it really affects me if I stopped the process right now
  • 'Flaky Connection Mode' — a brilliant idea. Most software is designed with a perfect internet connection in mind. Even the most net-blessed of us suffer low bandwidth and unreliable connections when traveling or when our ISP has a cold


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