Google gives Gmail compose window full-screen option

Published July 20, 2013 6:02am

Gmail users who do not quite like the Google mail service's new compose window may now have an added full-screen option.

In a Google+ post, Google said the feature stemmed from feedback from users regarding the new compose window, which was rolled out last March.

"When this option is enabled, the compose window is centered in your inbox and expands to fit on your screen. In addition, the formatting toolbar is on by default. You can click on the expand button in the top right to switch to full-screen or set full-screen as the default by selecting Default to full-screen in the more options menu in the bottom right," it said.

It added the full-screen option is rolling out to everyone over the next couple of days.

Tech site The Next Web added this may mean a big deal for Gmail users.

Google had defended the initial new compose window - which appears to the right and initially cannot be resized - as allowing a user to "reference your inbox while writing a new email."

"But many argued this was more distracting than useful," The Next Web said.

"With this change, Google is throwing its hands in the air and admitting that not everyone likes the new compose window, and some simply want it to work like before. Others of course prefer the change, and so the company is relenting by offering a new option, as opposed to reverting to the old way," it added. — ELR, GMA News

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