{"id":87,"date":"2007-07-25T13:00:02","date_gmt":"2007-07-25T20:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bspcn.com\/2007\/07\/25\/top-10-gmail-tweaks\/"},"modified":"2007-07-25T13:25:26","modified_gmt":"2007-07-25T20:25:26","slug":"top-10-gmail-tweaks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress\/2007\/07\/25\/top-10-gmail-tweaks\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 GMail tweaks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Written by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.trendplex.com\/editorials\/top-10-gmail-tweaks\" target=\"_blank\">trendplex.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.trendplex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/gmailtweaks.jpg\" alt=\"gmail tweaks\"><\/p>\n<p>For its integrity, features and functionality, GMail is the leading  webmail application worldwide. For the same reasons, Firefox tends to  be the most used browser out there.<\/p>\n<p>As you well know, Firefox can be customized to its full, with the  help of plugins and scripts. For example, GreaseMonkey is a Mozilla  Firefox extension that allows users to install scripts that make  on-the-fly changes to specific web pages. As the Greasemonkey scripts  are persistent, the changes made to the web pages are executed every  time the page is opened, making them effectively permanent for the user  running the script.<\/p>\n<p>Greasemonkey can be used for adding new functionality to web pages,  fixing rendering bugs, combining data from multiple webpages, and  numerous other purposes. Well written Greasemonkey scripts can  integrate changes so well that their additions appear to be natural  parts of the web page. I?m going to present the most useful 10 plugins  and tweaks to be used with GMail.<\/p>\n<p>Make sure you run decent versions of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.getfirefox.com\">Firefox<\/a> (You can also download <script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-8015342394787624\";\ngoogle_ad_output = \"textlink\";\ngoogle_ad_format = \"ref_text\";\ngoogle_cpa_choice = \"CAAQzcLH7QEaCBVcCwmT2PieKLGsuIEBMAA\";\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script>)and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greasespot.net\/\">GreaseMonkey<\/a> before you try to install or run anything shown here. I?ve also  included some screenshots of the effects those scripts have on your  GMail, so make sure you check them out by clicking the thumbnail to see  the large picture.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. A super clean\/white GMail interface<\/strong><br \/>\n    <a href=\"http:\/\/gmailsuperclean.wordpress.com\/2007\/04\/21\/how-to-install\/\">Install instructions<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/gmailsuperclean.wordpress.com\/2007\/04\/24\/known-issues\/\">Known issues<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/gmailsuperclean.wordpress.com\/2007\/04\/22\/understanding-the-script\/\">Understanding the script<\/a><br \/>\n  Gmail Super Clean was made to simplify the way Gmail looks. It?s got  quite a few customization options. You can change the logo, fonts,  show\/hide ads and many more, using the User script commands on  Greasemonkey. The script is also made public on userscripts.org and  statistics show that almost 50,000 people installed it.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trendplex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/gmailwhite.jpg\" title=\"gmail white\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.trendplex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/gmailwhite.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"gmail white\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.trendplex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/gmailwhite2.jpg\" title=\"gmailwhite2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.trendplex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/gmailwhite2.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"gmailwhite2\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.trendplex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/gmailwhite3.jpg\" title=\"gmailwhite3\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.trendplex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/gmailwhite3.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"gmailwhite3\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>2. GMail logo changer<\/strong><br \/>\n    <a href=\"http:\/\/userscripts.org\/scripts\/review\/10690\">Install \/ View source<\/a><br \/>\n  By default, the upper left GMail logo is <a href=\"http:\/\/services.google.com\/images\/gmail\/logo1.gif\">this<\/a>.  If you got tired of it, this script is exactly what you?re looking for.  It will allow you to change the logo to an image of your own, exactly  as it happens on the e-mail service from Google Apps.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trendplex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/gmaillogochange.png\" title=\"gmaillogochange\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.trendplex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/gmaillogochange.thumbnail.png\" alt=\"gmaillogochange\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n  3. Folders in GMail<\/strong><br \/>\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arend-von-reinersdorff.com\/folders4gmail\/\">Installation Instructions<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is perfect for you if you liked the folder-like sorting options  in the other e-mail solutions, but you rather stick to GMail. Now you  can have them both by installing this plugin. Have a look at the  before-after timeline and if you think it?d work for you, go ahead and  try out the script. If you?re not convinced yet, here?s how it works:<\/p>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.trendplex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/labels1.gif\" alt=\"before labels\" align=\"left\"><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.trendplex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/labels2.gif\" alt=\"labels after\" align=\"right\"><\/div>\n<p>If you have two labels, <em>Mum<\/em> and <em>Dad<\/em> and you want them to be subfolders of <em>Family<\/em>, you need to create three labels: <em>Family<\/em>, <em>Family\\Mum<\/em> and <em>Family\\Dad<\/em>.  In the left you can see how the labels will look before the script, and  on the right you can see how the script interprets them. Neat, huh?  This script is available for IE7 and Opera9, with the help of  additional plugins similar to GreaseMonkey.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. One click conversations<\/strong><br \/>\n    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jeffreykeen.com\/projects\/oneclickconversations\">Plugin page<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/userscripts.org\/scripts\/show\/6929\">Install the script<\/a><br \/>\n  One Click Conversations is a java script for enhancing GMail.<br \/>\n  GMail view must be set to ?standard with chat? in order for this script  to work. It adds an icon just to the left of sender name in list view  and in message view so you can access it easily. Clicking on icon takes  you to the recent conversations with that user. Rolling over icon in  message view pops up menu, as found via the ?quick contacts? panel.<\/p>\n<p>As you can see, it adds one click access to recent conversations  with each of your contacts. The demo below should explain things  succinctly. Have a look and see exactly what I?m talking about.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<object width=\"425\" height=\"350\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/7gurJQNFh-g\"><\/param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/7gurJQNFh-g\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode=\"transparent\" width=\"425\" height=\"350\"><\/embed><\/object>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. HTML signatures (multiple signatures if you want)<\/strong><br \/>\n    <a href=\"http:\/\/userscripts.org\/scripts\/review\/6356\">View script source \/ Install script<\/a><br \/>\n  HTML in GMail signatures has been an issue since the service was  started. Some of us use multiple e-mail addresses, therefore we need  multiple signatures, and some of them need to be HTML compatible. I  noticed this plugin also fixes the signature placement bug. By default,  your signature was placed at the end of the message, no matter if you  were composing a new one or replying to an existent one. In the second  situation, your reply would have been on top and the signature was  placed to the bottom, thus being separated.<\/p>\n<p>The plugin actually creates a link that you can click to insert an  HTML signature into a GMail message. Like I said, it supports multiple  signatures. Just add a variable at the top that has your HTML in it.  Then add that variable name to the array ?sigs?. If you have one  signature, just make sure that one variable name is in the array. If  you have more than one, it will prompt you (on insertion) for which  one. Otherwise it just inserts it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>6. GMail + Google Calendar<\/strong><br \/>\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/userscripts.org\/scripts\/review\/9411\">View source \/ Install script<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This embeds Google Calendar to Gmail by adding a ?Calendar? link.  The position of the calendar link can be changed by editing the source  and modifying the CALENDAR_LINK_POSITION constant (if you don?t see the  constant, please update the script). Currently it can only be moved  from before the Inbox link to after the Trash link. I?ll try to add  more flexibility later.<\/p>\n<p>If you want the Calendar menus aligned at the right of the screen,  update the script and edit the source. Check the CALENDAR_STYLES part,  you?ll see some commented code, just uncomment it. However this isn?t  very useful because the popups for Quick Add and the Calendars settings  will appear out of the screen, I hope to fix this in the near future.<\/p>\n<p><strong>7. GMail conversation preview<\/strong><br \/>\n    <a href=\"http:\/\/userscripts.org\/scripts\/review\/3759\">View source \/ Install script<\/a><br \/>\n  The script allows you to get a preview bubble when you right click ANY  conversation in GMail. It addresses the broken Archive and Trash  features. Also contains some personalizations including a Subject bar  below the link toolbar.<\/p>\n<p><strong>8. Google Reader integration<\/strong><br \/>\n    <a href=\"http:\/\/userscripts.org\/scripts\/review\/8450\">View source \/ Install script<\/a><br \/>\n  This doesn?t need a description. It?s just a nice integration of Google  Reader, along with other author implementations I?m going to mention  below.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>*Moved Collapse Gmail link to under Compose Mail<br \/>\n    * Removed unnessasary spaces<br \/>\n    * Added Google Reader favicon to Reader link<br \/>\n    * Added a Launch Reader link to open Google Reader in a new window<br \/>\n    * Added a Home link<br \/>\n    * Made Reader?s labels collapsable<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>9. GMail label colors<\/strong><br \/>\n    <a href=\"http:\/\/userscripts.org\/scripts\/review\/2433\">View source \/ Install script<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/persistent.info\/archives\/2005\/12\/23\/greasemonkey\">Official webpage<\/a><br \/>\n  Ignoring the folders vs. labels debate for now I always wondered why  labels in Gmail cannot be color-coded. This script adds that  functionality, since it turns out to be very useful (if used sparingly,  otherwise too many colors can get overwhelming). To specify a color,  simply rename a label to ?Labelname #color? (e.g. to make the label  ?Foo? be red, use ?Foo #red? and to make the label ?Bar? be orange, use  ?Bar ##d52?). It works in a similar way to the conversation bubble  script, in that it overrides the JavaScript function through which  Gmail receives data. It has to jump through some hoops to avoid the  HTML escaping that Gmail does; intrepid Greasemonkey hackers may want  to look at the source.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.trendplex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/labelcolor.png\" alt=\"labels color\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>10. GMail macros<\/strong><br \/>\n    <a href=\"http:\/\/userscripts.org\/scripts\/review\/2432\">View source \/ Install script<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.persistent.info\/2005\/12\/greasemonkey-christmas.html\">Official webpage<\/a><br \/>\n  Gmail Macros adds additional keyboard shortcuts to Gmail. Some are  obvious (and have been done by other scripts) such as ?t? for move to  trash and ?r? for mark as read. However, the author strove to provide a  bit more functionality. For example, ?p? both marks a message as read  and archives it, when you really don?t want to read something (the ?p?  stands for ?purge?). Additionally, the shortcuts can be easily  customized by editing the HANDLERS_TABLE constant. More than one action  can be chained together by providing a list of action codes (which are  contained in the script and were extracted by looking at the generated  ?More Actions?? menu in Gmail). The other novel feature is for label  operations. Pressing ?g? brings up a Quicksilver-like display that  allows you to begin typing in a label name to go to it (special names  like ?Inbox? and ?Trash? work too). Similarly, pressing ?l? allows you  to label a conversation with the label of your choosing.<\/p>\n<p>That was it. The world of GreaseMonkey scripts is fairly large, but that?s a good thing. There?s <a href=\"http:\/\/userscripts.org\/scripts\/search?q=gmail\">plenty<\/a> of GMail plugins to choose from, in order to make your life easier and enhance your GMail experience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by trendplex.com For its integrity, features and functionality, GMail is the leading webmail application worldwide. For the same reasons, Firefox tends to be the most used browser out there. As you well know, Firefox can be customized to its full, with the help of plugins and scripts. 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