Switch Between Standard View and HTML Gmail [Tutorial]
120Gmail offers a simple HTML interface for a quick, functional email experience in any browser.
Alternative Method/Link: https://mail.google.com/mail/h/1awhzkp2rdmqy/?v=lui
Do you find the Gmail interface you used years—perhaps not thirty, but years—ago unsurpassed? Did you like the simplicity of one-page opening to show you the list of messages, another page opening to show you a conversation and a page opening to write a message? Did you appreciate the speed of those pages rendering and wonder how fast they would render on a recent computer? Do you, perhaps, have a DOS box around on which you want to access Gmail?
Be it curiosity, a confused browser or your sheer preference, Gmail does offer a simple and basic HTML interface. It is similar in appearance to earlier iterations of Google's email service and relies on only the most essential browser features.
Gmail Basic HTML should be fast and functional alike (though perhaps a tad less convenient) in just about any browser on any device or platform.