GMail Clean Rows

By mconstantine Last update Sep 2, 2009 — Installed 2,660 times.


Script Summary: Cleans up the email rows by removing unstarred icons, grippy handles and adding a tiny bit of extra space.

Version: 0.1

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A breath of fresh air for the Gmail email rows.

In Gmail, the email rows are the place where unnecessary "chartjunk" has taken over. Extra borders, grippy handles, icons you don't need lead to a cramped claustrophobia inducing experience. Let's open it up a bit, install some sky lights, knock down some walls and clear out that clutter.

This script removes those ugly "grippy handles", you know the little dots thingies on the left that indicate that you can drag and drop your email? Yeah, those. Let's get rid of them. We all know now that emails can be dragged, we don't need a thousand little pimples reminding us.

Next, let's remove the "Unstars". Personally, I love the Star feature and I don't want to remove it completely, but I don't care to know if an email is not starred. Let's just show a Star if it's there, and nothing if it isn't. Simple enough.

Finally, let's get rid of the extra borders. We don't need little walls between all of our emails. We can read in a horizontal line just fine, thank you. And with those gone, let's bring in a bit of zen spacing between the emails. Just a tad goes a long way.