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Minimalist Gmail (chrome extension)

• eitally 16y ago
  This is the best thing since sliced bread!
• baddox 16y ago
  I was hoping it would make gmail look like the screenshots, but those are just screenshots of the configuration page. Basically, what this extension provides is dozens of check boxes. Each box, when checked, removes one small element (a button, toolbar, etc.) from your gmail. Sometimes it's not easy to tell what element a checkbox will remove. It's okay, but it's tedious and after my first pass I just ended up with a ridiculously bare gmail.com, so I uninstalled it.
  • eitally 16y ago
    It was easy for me. If you hover over the text label for each checkbox it pops up an image highlighting which page element(s) are affected.
    • baddox 16y ago
      I must have completely missed that. I still wish it just made my gmail look like its configuration page. ;)
• jpeterson 16y ago
  Kind of ironic, considering Gmail's beginnings.
• heresy 16y ago
  Great addon, but I wonder how long it will be able to hide all of the advertisement elements. Then again, Chrome allows AdBlock in its extension gallery.
  • honeycrisp 16y ago
    I doubt google would change gmail because of this. Google would rather their developers work on things that will bring in more users than have them spend time trying to stop ad-hiding.
• vibhavs 16y ago
  Protip: leave "Hide Ads" unchecked if you're using Rapportive. I installed this extension and scratched my head for a few days wondering where the Rapportive sidebar was. (In general, I'm a big fan of Minimalist Gmail to get rid of all the clutter. Gmail has been around for ~7 years now, but I wonder why they still have the "Invite a Friend" panel.)