Don't understand the point of this HN post. This has been the case since at least 2008. See: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081001000000*/gmail.com" rel="nofollow">https://web.archive.org/web/20081001000000*/gmail.com</a>
I have noticed that for years.<p>Also, if you have multiple accounts you can easily switch between them by changing the 0 in the URL to 1, 2, 99, ect...<p>Like this...<p>hxxps://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox<p>hxxps://mail.google.com/mail/u/1/#inbox