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Maybe Gmail can be fast when you have a small inbox and a low-latency internet connection. I don't remember complaining about the performance early on. But now it takes 3-10 seconds to switch to a label.


I just did a very adhoc test, I've switched to a label with 17000+ threads in it.

It took exactly 5 keystrokes:

* gl (go to label, focues cursor in the search input)

* re (the label is called reports, it autocompleted after re)

* enter

I got results within 1 to 2 sec, along with typing. I'd call that satisfactory.

edit: I'm on 10MB ADSL and I wouldn't describe it as low latency; it's ok, but nothing fancy about it.




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