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GMail.com and IE 8 – Does anyone else have this problem



3-25-2009 12-18-03 PM

Over the last few days I have been plagued with a view of GMail that does not make for a “Google" experience of UX.  All my buttons are vertical instead of horizontal!  Features still work, but it is quite annoying.  I am wondering if any one else is going through it or if it is just me.

 

<—Click the image to see what it looks like.  My resolution is 1920x1200 on both displays.

 

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posted @ Wednesday, March 25, 2009 12:26 PM |

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Posted by Chris Haaker on 3/25/2009 12:39 PM
Weird. I am on Win7 w\IE8 and no issues here. I am in Gmail all the time. Have you tried a theme or different theme to see if it sets things right?
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Posted by Matt Watson on 3/25/2009 7:26 PM
IE8 looks fine for me in gmail
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Posted by Justin G on 3/26/2009 1:17 AM
I've had exactly the same experience with vertical buttons since I "upgraded" to IE8 yesterday. Hope they fix it soon...
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Posted by Joe on 3/26/2009 4:27 AM
The same issue here.
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Posted by Jacalyn on 3/27/2009 11:13 AM
I'm having major problems with gmail. Glad to see it is not just me, thought I was having a brain freeze or something. I am still not able to access my account. Get an error message, URL to long. I have had this problems since 3/26 and now into today 3/27.
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Posted by William C Bonner on 3/27/2009 4:35 PM
I'm glad to see that it's not just me that gets that layout. Things were working fine initially after I switched to IE8, but then something happened. I don't think it was with a particular machine on my end, but something on the GMail app server, since it affects my access on several machines.
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Posted by RSBlind on 3/28/2009 10:15 AM
I had the problem with IE7 and upgraded to 8 hoping that it would go away... Also when I browse to yahoo.com I receive a message that states I'm not using a supported browser... And that was when I was on IE7. Somethings hosed.
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Posted by adi on 3/28/2009 11:53 PM
Just upgraded to IE8 on Vista (32bit) and I've the same issue. Prior to the upgrade, IE7 displayed it fine.
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Posted by adi on 3/29/2009 12:01 AM
OK - Solved!
I solved it by changing the theme (to any theme), then change back to the original theme.
If you're the issue is with Google Apps - (managed domain - where themes are not available) change to a different language - and then switch back to English (Settings-> Language).
Gravatar # re: GMail.com and IE 8 – Does anyone else have this problem
Posted by Chris Hammond on 3/29/2009 7:42 PM
Thanks Adi, this has been bugging me for a while as well.
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Posted by RSBlind on 3/29/2009 10:02 PM
No luck here with switching themes.
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Posted by Sam on 3/30/2009 8:03 PM
I don't understand why Google hasn't fixed this - it has been a problem since the IE8 betas and IE8 has been final for some time now.

"Use a real browser" (firefox/chrome/etc) is not an acceptable answer - IE is the dominant browser in the marketplace and web developers need to support it. Even if the company they work for makes it's own browser.
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Posted by RSBlind on 4/2/2009 7:20 PM
Found issue... At least on my client. I tried to update as John stated and when I went to windows update it said my PC was a Mac... Hmmm. Well when all else fails turn off AntiVirus... Boom all issues solved. Windows update, yahoo.com, and gmail buttons. Using Symantec Endpoint Protection. More specifically the issue seems to be the Network Protection software. Their client firewall. Turn off all works. Turn on all fails. Now it's time to bug Symantec.
Thanks All.
R
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Posted by prangya on 4/11/2009 1:14 PM
i don't have such problem in my gmail account but how it happen!is it due to virus!
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Posted by Chrissy on 4/29/2009 9:12 PM
Hey, I am not computer savvy. All i really use it for is to check e-mail and for school stuff. This afternoon I have not been able to get into gmail to check my e-mail. It keeps saying redirecting. Any help/suggestions? What's going on?
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Posted by miki on 5/5/2009 3:46 AM
that helped for me too, thanks adi.
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Posted by Martin Hinshelwood on 5/8/2009 6:37 PM
Did you enable "Compatability" mode? Try turning it off, either google or MS have fixed this :) But now it does not work properly in Comapatability mode...
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Posted by amir on 6/3/2009 7:32 AM
gmail halts on ie7 and ie8, it only opens emails with a delay. seems that windows doesn't like gmail.
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Posted by Christian on 6/10/2009 4:29 PM
Go to Tools> Compatibility View Settings, then add google.com and/or gmail.com on the list.

Refresh gmail and voila!
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Posted by Tom Steele on 7/14/2009 1:43 PM
Using I.E. 8 my Gmail screen is all garbled up. Things are not in the places that I.E. 6 had. Anyone know the status of the fix for this?
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Posted by justSpifffy on 7/18/2009 8:54 PM
All you have to do is uninstall IE8 and in you downloaded files install IE7.
So there ya go it's easy.
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Posted by kronass on 7/19/2009 8:16 AM
I have exactly the same issue I have to make it IE 7 Standard in case to let gmail works right
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Posted by EM on 8/28/2009 2:59 AM
I have the same problme trying working with Chrome,Work fine
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Posted by Anita on 9/1/2009 10:44 AM
when I try to log in with my Gmail account, for example on myspace, the IE8 types "...@mail" with NO "g". I have to type TWO "g" keys to have just ONE on screen and so I can log in...
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Posted by Beena on 9/3/2009 2:09 PM
You will find a icon named 'gmail view' bottom of the gmail webpage.click 'basic html'. once you are in html view switch back to 'standard view',the buttons will move horizontal now.
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Posted by thanks! on 9/8/2009 8:35 PM
thanks to Christian.
Tools => Compatilibity View Settings added google.com and gmail.com which totally fixed my problems with WinIE8 and google/gmail problems!
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