I’ve been using the Gmail web interface quite a bit, and for the most part I’ve adjusted to how it works. There is one thing that still bothers me though. When you have an email thread open and a new email comes in on that same thread it adds a little update notice to the bottom of your browser window. In the image above that is what the orange arrow is pointing to (the little yellow box at the bottom).
That’s all fine and good, except for one alloying aspect. My mouse rarely hangs out at the bottom of the browser window. All of the menu items are at the top, along with the bookmarks on the toolbar. Even in the Gmail interface, all of the UI elements that I use the most are along the top (and on the left side). So I end up making a special trip to the bottom of the screen just for that update notice.
So here’s my request, move the update notice box from the bottom of the screen, to some place near the top. Looking around the Gmail UI it seems that right above the thick blue bar would be great, where the green arrow is pointing to above. It’s a small change that would make the update notice box more pleasant to click on.