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I find the 'unread messages count' to be extremely distracting when I'm trying to actually get real work done. Through the corner of my eye, I'm constantly gla
by clemesha 16y ago
I find the 'unread messages count' to be extremely distracting when I'm trying to actually get real work done.
Through the corner of my eye, I'm constantly glancing and thinking: did it just increment?
Just keep your email closed until you get stuck on that hard problem, ha.
- Joakal 16y agoI use HTML based version (faster and less prone to JS glitches) and there's no gmail number in title.
- xuki 16y agoYou should give keyboard shortcut a try (require JS). This alone forces me to use JS in gmail.
- varenc 16y agothere's also a gmail lab's feature to turn the unread email count off
- mryall 16y agoYeah, that's one of the most valuable tips I got from the whole GTD thing: stop your email client notifying you when new email arrives. Productive email is asynchronous. Closing it down is best, but when I accidentally leave it open I still don't want the message count visible. In addition to enabling the Labs feature to turn off the inbox count in the web UI, I also have a one-line Greasemonkey script to remove it from the document/tab title.
- mhartl 16y agoI actually have a filter that marks all my incoming mail as "read" precisely to avoid this problem. It might seem heavy-handed, but this solution works even when working inside Gmail itself.