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I also use the basic HTML view on desktop because 1) I don't want to leave the tab open with the modern UI since it inevitably uses up over a GB of ram by itsel
by philsnow 8y ago
I also use the basic HTML view on desktop because 1) I don't want to leave the tab open with the modern UI since it inevitably uses up over a GB of ram by itself and 2) I don't want to close and reopen the tab with the modern UI since it takes O(10)s of seconds to be responsive.
I remember getting access to gmail when it was in the invite-only phase and thinking that it was absolute magic, that this was the future, and that I'd never use anything else. It only took a huge pile of JS to undo that. I use basic HTML now for gmail and I've switched a lot of what I do to fastmail.
- crazydiamond 8y agoAny way to get the dark/terminal theme on Basic HTML? I am not getting any theme option in Settings. I used to have the Terminal theme for years before the new GMail. Standard Gmail does allow for a dark background, would like that in Basic HTML.
- scns 8y agoThere is a Firefox plugin called "Dark Background Light text"
- theclaw 8y agoYou might be interested in the Dark Reader extension: https://darkreader.org/ https://darkreader.org/ It’s able to make pretty much any website dark themed.
- kekebo 8y agoNot a Gmail user myself, in case there's really no setting for it there are some userstyles (to be used with the 'stylish' browser extension) that seem to put gmail into dark mode: https://userstyles.org/styles/browse?search_terms=dark+gmail https://userstyles.org/styles/browse?search_terms=dark+gmail