Comments on: Dying to see the new Gmail's back-button support in action http://pathfindersoftware.com/2007/10/dying-to-see-th/ The Fastest Way to Launch Successful Software Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:36:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mark http://pathfindersoftware.com/2007/10/dying-to-see-th/#comment-7228 Mark Sat, 03 Nov 2007 13:44:33 +0000 http://www.pathf.com/blogs/?p=213#comment-7228 <p>After testing out the new Gmail, I'm amazed with the updates. The prefetching seems to contribute a lot to the snappiness of the new app and the back button really works well.</p> <p>When I looked into the source code, I was surprised to see that it wasn't what I expected. For the longest time I thought that the main page was composed of a single document which used XHRs and other javascript techniques to fetch data and edit the layout every now and then. What surprised me is the fact that there was almost no markup in the mainpage, except for several script definitions, a few weirdly named divs and two iframes--one for a flash object that handled the sound and another which displays the main GUI of the app.</p> <p>As I have never tried looking at the sc of gmail before, I'm left to wonder as to whether or not this has been the way gmail was structured before.. Can anyone enlighten me?.. ^_^</p> After testing out the new Gmail, I’m amazed with the updates. The prefetching seems to contribute a lot to the snappiness of the new app and the back button really works well.

When I looked into the source code, I was surprised to see that it wasn’t what I expected. For the longest time I thought that the main page was composed of a single document which used XHRs and other javascript techniques to fetch data and edit the layout every now and then. What surprised me is the fact that there was almost no markup in the mainpage, except for several script definitions, a few weirdly named divs and two iframes–one for a flash object that handled the sound and another which displays the main GUI of the app.

As I have never tried looking at the sc of gmail before, I’m left to wonder as to whether or not this has been the way gmail was structured before.. Can anyone enlighten me?.. ^_^

]]> By: gmail2.0user http://pathfindersoftware.com/2007/10/dying-to-see-th/#comment-7227 gmail2.0user Thu, 01 Nov 2007 23:32:10 +0000 http://www.pathf.com/blogs/?p=213#comment-7227 <p>The URL is different on each type of page.</p> <p>All Mail: https://mail.google.com/mail/#all<br /> Older page of All Mail: https://mail.google.com/mail/#all/p2<br /> Reading a mail in Inbox: https://mail.google.com/mail/#inbox/115e7d559d2a71c5<br /> Reading a mail under label: https://mail.google.com/mail/#label/Label_Name/115f066d1dfd7ed8</p> <p>So you can use the Back and Forward any time.</p> The URL is different on each type of page.

All Mail: https://mail.google.com/mail/#all
Older page of All Mail: https://mail.google.com/mail/#all/p2
Reading a mail in Inbox: https://mail.google.com/mail/#inbox/115e7d559d2a71c5
Reading a mail under label: https://mail.google.com/mail/#label/Label_Name/115f066d1dfd7ed8

So you can use the Back and Forward any time.

]]> By: blanconet http://pathfindersoftware.com/2007/10/dying-to-see-th/#comment-7226 blanconet Thu, 01 Nov 2007 14:41:53 +0000 http://www.pathf.com/blogs/?p=213#comment-7226 <p>Hi,</p> <p>I'm one of the lucky guys who can experience the new gmail. Let me tell you that the back-button support is amazing, you can go back not only to messages but also to different labels :)</p> <p>Regarding to the pre-fetch is really amazing, emails just open, NO LOAD.</p> <p>Thats all for now, let me know if you want more information.</p> Hi,

I’m one of the lucky guys who can experience the new gmail. Let me tell you that the back-button support is amazing, you can go back not only to messages but also to different labels :)

Regarding to the pre-fetch is really amazing, emails just open, NO LOAD.

Thats all for now, let me know if you want more information.

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