Comments on: Gmail Plays Dress-Up

By: Paul Gray

Paul Gray — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 08:25:12 +0000

I’m using “Desk” theme – maybe one day my real desk will be as clean as the desk theme.

By: Casey

Casey — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 04:59:39 +0000

Could be! I just saw one of the press releases mention weather-sensitive themes (as in, raining down on your email, etc.), and it seemed like this one was the most likely option. But so far I’ve only seen the time of day change.

By: anna

anna — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 04:20:51 +0000

hmm. i dont think its “weather-sensitive”. i think they ask for your city in order to know what time zone you are in. making each time of day with different weather would be a little much, i think.

By: egonitron

egonitron — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 03:55:06 +0000

I love terminal, but it’s tough to look at like you said.

I’m currently using the Tree theme; it’s really smooth and sleek. Ninja is really cool too. I’m really impressed, and hope they release more soon.

By: Samantha

Samantha — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 01:47:20 +0000

I picked Ninja for Gmail :D So cute!

By: Samantha

Samantha — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 01:44:57 +0000

Wow, I didn’t know they were making it for gmail, too. I thought it was just for iGoogle. For that I have the Autumn theme with little raccoons doing fall activities. Including one that shows up after midnight of them eating pumpkin pie :D

By: Mackenzie

Mackenzie — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:30:33 +0000

I use a mail client, but I did login to GMail yesterday just to check out the themes. I chose the Terminal theme. And that really is how my terminal looks. Green on black is os much easier for me to read than black on white.

By: Sampi

Sampi — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:58:42 +0000

I really like Steel and Minimalist and Planets is pretty geeky and cool, too.

By: anonyjw

anonyjw — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:38:06 +0000

Summer Ocean… the waves and the beach are always just a click away.

By: Zickar

Zickar — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:32:10 +0000

I’m currently using Phantasea … I wanted to go for a minimalist theme but nothing caught me eye

By: Chris Anderson

Chris Anderson — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:25:48 +0000

i’m using the “Shiny” theme, just because it looks classy and will still load pretty quickly if i use my phone or have a slow connection when i’m onsite with a customer…i wish there was a way to customize what colors make up the gradients and items, though (for the simpler themes, of course). It’s about time Google implemented this, i was really getting sick of the same UI i’d seen since i first signed up.

By: geek_girl

geek_girl — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:58:12 +0000

I’m using tea house too. Now if they’d just build in the option to have the same themes avialable for iGoogle and Google Reader.