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		joblessjunkie on May 30, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A new Gmail inbox How did you manage this? I tried to switch to Basic HTML after the new compose box rolled out, but couldn't find the setting for it anywhere.

encoderer on May 30, 2013 [–]

Append &ui=html to the querystring.

It's an unadulterated Gmail 1.0 html-only UI. Very 2004.

Personally, if I try to use it for more than 30 seconds I want to die. But YMMV.

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