GMail Real Estate (Minimize Header, Nav or Ads)

By ruiz Last update Jan 28, 2008 — Installed 7,739 times. Daily Installs: 12, 5, 7, 5, 9, 7, 4, 1, 7, 9, 4, 12, 9, 4, 7, 5, 9, 5, 4, 4, 2, 7, 5, 7, 10, 13, 6, 7, 3, 5, 5, 5
Script Summary:
Minimize GMail Header, Nav Bar or Ads. Used to be called "GMail Header, Navigation and Ads Switcher"
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Can switch(hide/show) the header, navigation bar and ads by clicking the triangle icon on top,left or right respectively. It effectively maximizes screen real estate for information you consider important. I typically hide all 3 to max message space.

Credits:
The original code written for Google Calendar is http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/8507 by margin. I found margin's calendar version very helpful so I applied it to GMail.

Version 2.0.2 01/28/2008 - workarounds/fixes for new GMail update
Version 2.0.1 11/30/2007 - update for new GMail layout that cause a few problems
Version 2.0 11/11/2007
+ Updated for New GMail