# Is anyone else having trouble getting onto gmail? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 20, 2007, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-trouble-getting-onto-gmail/427195 "2007-11-20T16:46:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-trouble-getting-onto-gmail/427195/1 "2007-11-20T16:46:50Z")
Because I can’t. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-trouble-getting-onto-gmail/427195/2 "2007-11-20T16:47:49Z")
Just tried. It came right up. FWIW. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-trouble-getting-onto-gmail/427195/3 "2007-11-20T16:56:51Z")
[QUOTE=Contrapuntal] Just tried. It came right up. FWIW. [/QUOTE] Ditto. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-trouble-getting-onto-gmail/427195/4 "2007-11-20T17:01:03Z")
I’ve been getting a lot of “A script has stopped responding, do you want to continue or cancel” (that’s paraphrased) when running gmail this morning. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-trouble-getting-onto-gmail/427195/5 "2007-11-20T17:09:51Z")
[QUOTE=WhyNot] I’ve been getting a lot of “A script has stopped responding, do you want to continue or cancel” (that’s paraphrased) when running gmail this morning. [/QUOTE] When I was on dial-up at home, a long time ago in the dark ages (OK it was 3 weeks ago) I used to have problems “Loading the Page” or something like that, just about every time I tried logging on. Now, at 20 times the speed, I don’t have that problem any more. You aren’t on (gasp!) dial-up are you? ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-trouble-getting-onto-gmail/427195/6 "2007-11-20T17:13:09Z")
[QUOTE=Leaffan] When I was on dial-up at home, a long time ago in the dark ages (OK it was 3 weeks ago) I used to have problems “Loading the Page” or something like that, just about every time I tried logging on. Now, at 20 times the speed, I don’t have that problem any more. You aren’t on (gasp!) dial-up are you? [/QUOTE] Aw, hellz no! I’m on Comcrap. ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-trouble-getting-onto-gmail/427195/7 "2007-11-20T17:13:20Z")
For days, I have been unable to use the “compose” button. I can “reply” and “forward”, but I can’t “compose”. it just says “loading…” at the top, but never pops up the compose window. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-trouble-getting-onto-gmail/427195/8 "2007-11-20T17:42:28Z")
[QUOTE=Trunk] For days, I have been unable to use the “compose” button. I can “reply” and “forward”, but I can’t “compose”. it just says “loading…” at the top, but never pops up the compose window. [/QUOTE] Hmm. Mine’s fine? ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2007, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-trouble-getting-onto-gmail/427195/9 "2007-11-21T09:48:36Z")
I couldn’t either. It might have to do with gmail’s new user interface, or the fact that my safari browser just updated. In any case, I found that it would work if I logged in under the old user interface: > **[Gmail](https://accounts.google.com/v3/signin/identifier?continue=https%3A%2F%2Fmail.google.com%2Fmail%2Fu%2F0%2F%3Fui%3D1&emr=1&followup=https%3A%2F%2Fmail.google.com%2Fmail%2Fu%2F0%2F%3Fui%3D1&ifkv=AVQVeyzY-HH4nu3JsxUZ3Hg9PN22OzuWeVQyvm6K2qz4UnTLmrwxl3BJVzRMuLakV4oguH_ZeRGd9A&osid=1&passive=1209600&service=mail&flowName=GlifWebSignIn&flowEntry=ServiceLogin&dsh=S-167609979%3A1698317216354921&theme=glif)** > > Gmail is email that’s intuitive, efficient, and useful. 15 GB of storage, less spam, and mobile access. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2007, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-trouble-getting-onto-gmail/427195/10 "2007-11-21T09:53:26Z")
I have been unable to use the [gmail.com](http://gmail.com) page to get in here at work - I thought it might have been firewalled or something - but I can get in just fine via “My Account” on the [google.com](http://google.com) page.