Loopnote.com. Exclusive Download: Ten Must-Have Gmail Filters Available for Do. Minimalist Gmail: How to Get Rid of the Non-Essentials. Post written by Leo Babauta. Follow me on Twitter. I’ve been running a Minimalist Gmail setup lately, stripped of nearly everything but, you know, emails … and I’m in love with its simplicity. There’s something pure about having nothing but the essentials. Now, some of you will recall a couple of other posts I did, and let’s quickly review them for background: 1.
Not long ago, I did a post on How to Make Gmail Your Ultimate Productivity Center. This was Gmail fully loaded, with gadgets for Google Calendar, Google Docs, delicious, Twitter, and much more. 2. So, two things: one, I haven’t completely killed email. Two, when I do use Gmail, lately, I am bothered by all the clutter. I’ve used Greasemonkey for Firefox and some great user scripts, listed below, to achieve this. Here’s how I’ve made Gmail into a minimalist inbox:1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Updated: 8. Updated: 9. And that’s it. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Before and After Pics Took some screenshots to illustrate the changes. Before: After: Gmail Labs: Ten Gmail Labs Features You Should Enable. Gmail Gets 'Multiple Inboxes' - ReadWriteWeb. Google added a new feature to Gmail Labs today: Multiple Inboxes. Created as a 20% time project by Google’s Octavian Costache, this new feature allows you to expand your standard Gmail inbox with additional panes.
The name ‘Multiple Inboxes’ is misleading, however. In reality, this new feature gives you something akin to multi-pane viewing, with your main inbox on the left and up to five other ‘inboxes’ on the right. These additional inboxes can display anything from searches, to mail with a specific label or from a certain sender. You can use any of the standard Gmail search functions like is:starred, label:abc, or has:attachment to define a new pane. Showing the new panes on the right works best when you have a wide-screen monitor with a relatively high resolution.
You can also chose to have Gmail display the extra inboxes underneath or above your standard inbox, though this method probably works best when you set Gmail to only show a small number of messages in your standard inbox.