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When I loaded the mobile version of Gmail on my iPhone this morning (this is the brilliant solution I came up with to solve the problem of crappy Gmail integration…), I noticed it had been restyled to look and work better on the iphone. The inbox is much cleaner, and allows for easier use with the touch screen. The additional commands at the bottom of the page are also easier to get at without mis-clicking, and the message text is now separated from the header block by a slightly different background color.

These are small changes and probably involved only minor style sheet updates, but it makes the app so much more friendly. Good job, Goog!

Updated: Goog also released a nice style update to the mobile calendar. Details here.

My friends at Serious Eats have just launched a new version of their site, with help from my favorite design firm/teeshirt shop, Mule Design. Serious Eats is one of my favorite sites on the internets. Their model is similar to our model at Offsprung - provide great content, and intermingle it with the best stuff that the community members create. This new design is a simpler to use and understand, and I think it’ll be the beginning of the big time for the Eaters.