Post AU3CJCcAxhutKtJaDo by mattblaze@federate.social
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(DIR) Post #AU39fuuCfepjD3t1l2 by lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org
2023-03-27T18:57:59Z
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Seriously disliking the new #Google #Gmail "floating" formatting bar. It's making the constrained view one gets of the message being currently composed even more constrained. Definitely want a way to turn this off!
(DIR) Post #AU3Au0Xec09IhNcddI by mattblaze@federate.social
2023-03-27T19:11:32Z
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@lauren I wonder if this is something they're slowly rolling out? I'm not seeing anything different (on my edu gmail account, at least).
(DIR) Post #AU3Ayds8KC3pq0PXto by lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org
2023-03-27T19:12:36Z
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@mattblaze These things usually roll out gradually. The formatting bar now floats over the lower part of the compose area, reducing its already constrained text area.
(DIR) Post #AU3BSYNRJsiXTzJj60 by lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org
2023-03-27T19:18:00Z
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@mattblaze It's especially noticeable on replies when you're working with the original message text as well.
(DIR) Post #AU3Bzoczv6MnRMSGci by lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org
2023-03-27T19:22:58Z
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@mattblaze I can't recall seeing anything like this before. Note how the top formatting bar is floating over the lower part of the original message. It stays there as you scroll up and down.
(DIR) Post #AU3CBPXt0AUl7iapyi by lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org
2023-03-27T19:24:57Z
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Here's an example. Note how the top formatting bar is floating over the lower part of the original message. It stays there as you scroll up and down.
(DIR) Post #AU3CGICPk6MBmrsT4q by mc@hackers.town
2023-03-27T19:26:09Z
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@lauren Haven't seen it yet on Google Workspace but it will probably show up...Meanwhile, I cope with the Emacs frontend to Notmuch and the excellenthttp://lieer.gaute.vetsj.com/which syncs messages and tags in both directions.
(DIR) Post #AU3CJCcAxhutKtJaDo by mattblaze@federate.social
2023-03-27T19:27:31Z
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@lauren Yeah, definitely not rolled out everywhere yet - you're one of the lucky winners!
(DIR) Post #AU3CchCRTKhNhBZbSi by lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org
2023-03-27T19:31:02Z
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@mattblaze Whoopee.
(DIR) Post #AU3D73geQh7A7sBIps by athena@union.place
2023-03-27T19:36:28Z
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@lauren You can turn it off by clicking on the A with thick line underneath in the bottom-most toolbar .. unless you mean turn it off as in get it to never pop up?
(DIR) Post #AU3DOqOMbAry6Z6lxw by lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org
2023-03-27T19:39:42Z
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@athena OK, yeah. I looked under the ellipsis but didn't try that. I would much prefer a way to turn it off entirely, but that's better than nothing. Thanks.
(DIR) Post #AU3EfLGretl0Si20UC by lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org
2023-03-27T19:53:57Z
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It turns out that this annoying feature (which is apparently gradually rolling out, not everyone can see it yet) can be disabled on a message by message basis by clicking the "A" with the underbar in the lower static formatting panel. This causes the floating panel above to toggle off. A setting to do this permanently would be preferable, but this is better than nothing.
(DIR) Post #AU3EkGc0PMtTSbGhHc by lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org
2023-03-27T19:54:47Z
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@mattblaze It turns out that this annoying feature can be disabled on a message by message basis by clicking the "A" with the underbar in the lower static formatting panel. This causes the floating panel above to toggle off. A setting to do this permanently would be preferable, but this is better than nothing.
(DIR) Post #AU3NopavBXWAhc0pVo by stevegayner@mastodon.world
2023-03-27T21:36:27Z
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@lauren Am I missing something? When you are composing a message and you click the underscored-A, the edit controls bar opens up and floats over the text. When you click the underscored-A again, the editing controls bar goes away. It has always worked this way. What has changed? (Sorry if the answer is obvious in another post. The ones I found did not explain more.)
(DIR) Post #AU3NqYfD6XWgltqGYK by billjanssen@writing.exchange
2023-03-27T21:36:38Z
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@lauren Yeah, I've got it, too. Wish there was a button for "no formatting". Instead, you have to go down to the 3-dot menu, and select "plain text".
(DIR) Post #AU3O4XwCbHH4ZfSZuK by lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org
2023-03-27T21:39:19Z
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@billjanssen Clicking the A with underbar also toggles the floating panel, it turns out.
(DIR) Post #AU3OM8F0sVyq5edzYe by jgordon@appdot.net
2023-03-27T21:42:28Z
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@lauren @athena Gmail is kind of rudderless now. I dread the day they try to “fix” Google Calendar. Apple is just as bad at “fixing” old software. Maybe worse.
(DIR) Post #AU3Rzh2Tjab1AbKx7o by enmodo@mastodon.social
2023-03-27T22:23:08Z
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@lauren strangely I'm not seeing that - is this on the web or via the phone Gmail app?
(DIR) Post #AU3gfo7pB1oAfUoTzM by lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org
2023-03-28T01:07:44Z
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@enmodo Web. Appears to be rolling out gradually.
(DIR) Post #AU3h6hZ5fx7Y8nOIQS by lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org
2023-03-28T01:12:37Z
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@stevegayner Different people are seeing different things. I don't normally create html emails. At a minimum the default was changed. That is, the floating panel is now appearing for all email compositions when I never saw it before. I can toggle it off with A/underbar, but on the other hand I've never toggled it on in the first place.