The flat look in gmail does seem to take out a lot of the visual noise. Here's metro influence gone awry: http://www.pepsi.com/en-us/d http://www.pepsi.com/en-

The flat look in gmail does seem to take out a lot of the visual noise. Here's metro influence gone awry: http://www.pepsi.com/en-us/d http://www.pepsi.com/en-us/d It's pretty close to a flat look, but I still notice some subtle gradients going on. But talk about tile explosion!