Earlier this year Google introduced a new user interface for Gmail on the web. It’s not really something anybody outside of Google asked for, as the biggest change is a new sidebar that shows icons ...

Gmail’s current user interface is claustrophobic—icons, tabs, and chat boxes suffocate the screen, drawing your eyes away from your email inbox and often pushing you to leave the page altogether.

Google announced today that it’s making the new Gmail interface the standard experience for users. The company first released the new interface earlier this year but allowed users to go back to the ...