I've switched back to the Basic Html interface, and found it surprisingly good.

joblessjunkie · on May 30, 2013

How did you manage this? I tried to switch to Basic HTML after the new compose box rolled out, but couldn't find the setting for it anywhere.

encoderer · on May 30, 2013

Append &ui=html to the querystring.

It's an unadulterated Gmail 1.0 html-only UI. Very 2004.

Personally, if I try to use it for more than 30 seconds I want to die. But YMMV.