I'm such a nerd

I don't know if any of you fellow gmail users have noticed, but in the past day or so, gmail has made some subtle changes to its UI. The minute I saw the changes, I was like does this make gmail easier to use? Did they do usability tests to decide this? Do I like the icons? That's not the same pale blue they use other places.

I've only be in the job force for 2 3/4 years, just wait till I finally retire. I'll have to move to a desert island with no GUI's so I don't go insane.