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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 29 Mar 2013

    New compose is so awful. Please, please, Google, make it stop.

    10:18 PM - 29 Mar 2013
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      2. Ali Moeeny‏ @alimoeeny 30 Mar 2013
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg hate to say this, specially to u, but aren't you getting a bit too old to accept new technology? With all due respect sir.

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      3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 30 Mar 2013
        Replying to @alimoeeny

        @alimoeeny Accepting new technology is literally my job.

        1 reply 2 retweets 3 likes
      4. Ali Moeeny‏ @alimoeeny 31 Mar 2013
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg I know that Sir :) being a big fan of Hackers and Painters, and an HN addict

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      2. Swathy Prithivi‏ @swathyprithivi 30 Mar 2013
        Replying to @paulg

        +1 RT @paulg New compose is so awful. Please, please, Google, make it stop.

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      3. aneeshkumar‏ @aneeshk20762229 31 Mar 2013
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        @swathyprithivi @paulg

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      1. Nicole Sullivan  💎‏ @stubbornella 29 Mar 2013
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg hmm, I like it... often I write one message with context in the background. Also helps me multitask.

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      1. Gaurav Sharma  🤷‍♂️‏ @gsharma 30 Mar 2013
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        +1. Also miss rapportive “@paulg: New compose is so awful. Please, please, Google, make it stop.”

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      1. Oleg Trofimov‏ @oleg 30 Mar 2013
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        @paulg Paul please explain

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      2. Toby Ruckert‏ @tobyruckert 30 Mar 2013
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg use @unifiedinbox and you can use different composer styles.

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      1. “High Capacity Magazine Clip” In My Pants‏ @DunsScottus 10 Apr 2013
        Replying to @paulg

        I concur. RT @paulg: New compose is so awful. Please, please, Google, make it stop.

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      1. Phil Jacobson‏ @phil_jacobson 4 Apr 2013
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        @paulg Yup. Not a fan. To make it worse, Rapportive (my most used tool in Gmail) doesn't work with the new compose... really annoying!

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      1. Kapil Kale‏ @kapil 3 Apr 2013
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        @paulg curious what you dislike. i like having multiple compose windows open while still seeing the rest of my inbox

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      1. gabemcmillan‏ @gabemcmillan 1 Apr 2013
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        @paulg So true!

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      1. Alex m‏ @ATorontonian 31 Mar 2013
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        @paulg funny. I read this yesterday, to have the #UX suck today. Then used Drive to attach a file, but it sends a link. Damn #google

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      1. Dominik Wronski‏ @DominikWro 31 Mar 2013
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        @paulg I agree it's awful. In one of your essays, you expressed the need to found better replacement for e-mail protocol. At least they try.

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      1. (((Josh Juran)))‏ @joshuajuran 30 Mar 2013
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        .@paulg You have programming skills, money, and connections. What's stopping you from having a mail client that does exactly what you want?

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      1. Amol Kher‏ @amolkher 30 Mar 2013
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        @paulg Unfortunately you are in the 47%

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      1. Crew Moss‏ @crewmoss 30 Mar 2013
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        @paulg don't know what you're talking about. I love it!

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      1.  🔥 Spooky Josh  👻‏ @jbrancha 30 Mar 2013
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        @paulg try out gmail offline, it is what regular gmail should be.

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