They changed the UI again. I set a default "full screen" but that didn't take in replies.<p>Experienced cognitive dissonance when I tried to find out how to make reply full screen so I could bullet point.<p>I need a better mail platform. DIY maybe?<p>I have my e-mail on a bunch of distributed business cards. I could forward from Gmail to my new address.
<i>I set a default "full screen" but that didn't take in replies.</i><p>That is one of my biggest grievances with the new Gmail UI as well. But there are so many other annoyances and so many little things that just don't work, I'm surprised that they pushed it out at all, let alone imposed it on everybody. It's a usability train wreck.<p>Even though it would be a major pain to switch, I'm seriously thinking about it.
You could keep your same email address, but switch to using a real mail client instead of Gmail's web interface. Head to <a href="https://support.google.com/mail/troubleshooter/1668960?rd=1#ts=1665018" rel="nofollow">https://support.google.com/mail/troubleshooter/1668960?rd=1#...</a> for detailed instructions.
I've gotten stuck - I use ActiveInbox for assigning labels to emails - that way I can group them into mini projects and todos. It's really good - but I don't know of a real client that supports gmail labels - if anyone does please holler - my life drips by waiting for JavaScript to run.
Sparrow (<a href="http://sprw.me/" rel="nofollow">http://sprw.me/</a>) is still my primary client even though there will be no future updates for it.<p>I've also heard good things about Airmail (<a href="http://airmailapp.com/" rel="nofollow">http://airmailapp.com/</a>).