Videos on Vimeo:

http://vimeo.com/adaptivepath/videos/search:ux%20week%202011...

Jon Wiley, lead designer for Google Search, made an interesting talk about the recent Google redesign: http://vimeo.com/29965463 ( http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3146709 ).

I found out about the other UX Week 2011 videos by following a link to this talk on twitter :)

Was going to watch the first five minutes, and ended up watching the whole thing. Interesting perspective, and love the way various products are becoming "elastic".

Definitely still not sure about the new gmail layout though, you just see far fewer messages on the page, and I think that slows me down...

Have you tried the theme "Preview (Dense)" - combines the best of both worlds :) Probably best for power users.

I tried it, but still wished it was denser, so switched back almost immediately! Clearly, others have sent similar feedback. Perhaps a "Preview (Dens<b>er</b>)" will come out!