I have a feeling you're not really looking for answers, but ... Yes, we use Gmail. We do try to improve it. For example, I think smart compose is a pretty nice improvement.
I'm not sure about the specific issue you're facing. For me, attachments show up as these rounded rectangles and images in the signature don't. I'm currently on mobile, so I'm not sure about the web UI. Can you post a screenshot?
Strictly speaking, it does have attachments. The <img> tag's `src` attribute can point to a remote resource or a resource attached to the email. This is an example of the latter.
i just find it awful and distracting. i have to consider what google is suggesting and whether i agree with the tonality and relevance rather than freely expressing what i want to say.
I write lots of emails in english and I'm not a native english speaker. Having a smart email completion thing saves me lots of time.
US is not the center of the universe
I saw that there's a small update on the UI now because of Chat (former hangout, former...) but the point raised by OP is still true. If your signature includes pictures it counts as an attachment and the UI and everything still looks like 2004 when the beta started.
I'm not saying that should change everything ... but in 20 years the only thing different is now there's more integrations with other products but gmail is still the same.
On the very small chance you'll see this -- Gmail has begun bouncing Google Calendar notifications, and the bounce notice goes back to ... Gmail. So I still get notified, but via a bounce.
i don't want answers. i just want improvements. i spend hours a day dealing with gmail. it would be nice if they considered how much time people spend using their software and had a desire to improve things.
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[ 3.2 ms ] story [ 75.9 ms ] threadI don't think I've ever confused an attachment with an image anyways, but there at least seems to be a standardized way to differentiate them.
Google employees do use an internal version of gmail. (I don't work at Google though)
I'm not sure about the specific issue you're facing. For me, attachments show up as these rounded rectangles and images in the signature don't. I'm currently on mobile, so I'm not sure about the web UI. Can you post a screenshot?
Happens fairly frequently on Gmail. That email will show up as has:attachment
I know how to touch type.
Most of my email responses are pretty generic, I'm not writing any haikus. Should I be?
They already have excuses for that, but this one justifies a bit more.
I'm not saying that should change everything ... but in 20 years the only thing different is now there's more integrations with other products but gmail is still the same.
It has been years since I logged into gmail, and the only reason I did was to re-enable IMAP which they disabled on their own for some reason.
My cynical take is that they have 2 billion users and aren't really interested in making significant changes to existing functionality.
When I was at Google, I really wanted fixed-width text (I managed to add this with a user style) and tree threading.