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Redirect to Old Version of Gmail

Automatically redirects the user to the older version of Gmail when logging into Gmail.

4/27/2008: Version 0.2.0 released. The script now redirects the user to the older version of Gmail when accessing Gmail via iGoogle . A feature for toggling whether or not to redirect to a secure connection to Gmail has also been added.

For more information about this script, visit http://jake.kasprzak.ca/2007/11/16/for-those-wh... or http://jake.kasprzak.ca/2007/12/05/for-those-wh...




May 21, 2008
Jake Kasprzak Script's author

I understand that there are still reasons some prefer using the older version of Gmail. And I always like to be to be reminded why I wrote this script. Thanks.

 
May 20, 2008
AquaBooks User

Thanks very much. I find Gmail2 to be very slow loading, the greasemonkey script for Gmail signature float doesn't work with it, and they've added a bunch of pokey features I don't care about. I wish Gmail would fix their whole signature placement "bug", but this is the second- or third-best thing.

 
May 14, 2008
Jake Kasprzak Script's author

It is always good to hear about people finding that this script is useful and that it works properly. Thanks.

 
May 12, 2008
Craig Harding User

Thanks for this script! It works awesome.

 
May 7, 2008
Jake Kasprzak Script's author

It is good to know that you find this script useful. In fact, one of the reasons I wrote this script is because there were users who use scripts that only work with the older version of Gmail. And I thought those users would prefer not to have to click the link to use the older version.

Thanks.

 
May 7, 2008
Pedrito User

this is great Jake! i use a spanish accent toggling script when i write my e-mail in spanish, and it only works with the older version of gmail. it's such a drag to keep clicking on the link whenever i want to write in spanish, so thanks so much for this!

 
May 1, 2008
Jake Kasprzak Script's author

It is good to know that the script is working correctly and that you like to use it. Thanks for the positive feedback.

 
May 1, 2008
killertofu User

Wonderful script, works exactly as advertised. Thanks Jake!

 
Apr 28, 2008
Jake Kasprzak Script's author

The update to make the script work when accessing Gmail from iGoogle was made as per a request from a user of the script. And I decided to add the option to redirect to a URL so that the connection to Gmail would be secure because I thought some users might want that option. In fact, I thought quite a few users would prefer using a secure connection, and that is why I have it set to redirect to a secure connection by default. And it is good to know that you are one of those users who like that new feature.

Thanks.

 
Apr 28, 2008
Dink Scriptwright

Thanks for updating this...
the UK English workaround does not work anymore, so this script really does come in handy, as many gmail scripts do noty have the same functionality with the newer version...
and I also like the secure connection too!!

 
Apr 21, 2008
Jake Kasprzak Script's author

Thanks. It is always good to hear about how useful this script is. And I understand that the workaround of changing the display language to "English (UK)" is one that will not work for much longer. Therefore, this script may become even more useful in the future.

I added this script's ability to work with the Gmail Notifier extension after a user of it said that it did not work with that extension. Whenever I find out about ways to improve this script, I try to make those improvements.

Thanks again.

 
Apr 20, 2008
Ubermonkey Scriptwright

Woo! Thanks so much. My work computer can handle the new UI but my home one can't. (CPU shoots through the roof, and I can barely do anything else on that machine.) I appreciate that you made it work with Gmail Notifier because that's the normal way I get to my mail :)

 
Apr 15, 2008
Jake Kasprzak Script's author

Thanks. Comments such as those are what motivate me to maintain this script. I have also started using it more often, and so I will be more likely to continue to ensure it will work properly.

Thanks again.

 
Apr 15, 2008
georgie Scriptwright

Just wanted to thank you for writing and maintaining this script. It's the only way I can access the site (not having to use the basic HTML version). Thanks!

 
Feb 22, 2008
Jake Kasprzak Script's author

I have updated this script once again to ensure that it will work more reliably. I have run tests on it, and found that it works correctly. I would appreciate it if I could be informed if any users of this script are still having difficulty with it. I am not always able to ensure that it is working properly, as I have noted here.

 
Feb 13, 2008
Jake Kasprzak Script's author

I have updated this script so that it should work when accessing Gmail through the Gmail Notifier extension. It also seems to redirect more quickly and efficiently than it did previously. I have tested this script after these most recent updates, and it works properly when I try to use it. However, if this script does not actually work as intended, I would like to be informed of any issues with it as soon as possible.

 
Jan 28, 2008
Jake Kasprzak Script's author

I have modified this script so that when using Gmail with a non-secure connection, it will once again redirect the user to the older version of Gmail. I have tested it out and should work properly.

 
Dec 3, 2007
Jake Kasprzak Script's author

I have updated this script and I have found that it once again successfully redirects the user to the older version of Gmail. I have modified it so that it should work more reliably now and in the future, as it now handles more situations that may occur. I would appreciate receiving any feedback about this updated version of this script. I would like to ensure that it will work as intended.

 
Dec 2, 2007
Jake Kasprzak Script's author

I have also found that it no longer redirects to the older version of Gmail. I am currently looking into this and I expect to have an updated and working version of this script available shortly.

 
Dec 2, 2007
Craig Harding User

For some reason it does not redirect to the old version any more. It did at first when I first installed it but not as of a few days ago.

 
Nov 22, 2007
Jake Kasprzak Script's author

I was aware of the workaround in which one can choose "English (UK)" as the display language when one wants to use the the older version of Gmail. However, when that is selected as the default language, the user is unable to easily switch to using the newer version. This script makes it so that the link to the newer version is still there for those who want it. This may be considered useful by those who want to easily switch back and forth from the older version to the newer one.

One reason one might want to be able to easily switch from one version to another is that there are Greasemonkey scripts that work with one version of Gmail, but not the other. Also, one may want to occasionally use the features that only the newer version of Gmail provides.

I have said before that this script may not be considered very useful. However, there are still reasons to use it.

 
Nov 22, 2007
Dink Scriptwright

if you select your language in Gmail to be English(UK)the default then it loads into the old Gmail automatically...never even tries to load the new UI,...then the script is not necessary.

 
Nov 17, 2007
Jake Kasprzak Script's author

Thanks. I had those who wanted to use the scripts that worked with the older version in mind when I wrote this. But you probably found that out after reading the blog entry that I wrote about this script.

 
Nov 17, 2007
Dink Scriptwright

good one....at least i can still use all the old scripts with this one.

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