Gmail and Google Apps Sidebar Remover

By jtulloch Last update Feb 12, 2009 — Installed 7,844 times. Daily Installs: 4, 12, 0, 3, 4, 3, 0, 2, 1, 3, 5, 3, 1, 8, 8, 1, 5, 8, 10, 2, 7, 14, 1, 3, 0, 6, 13, 3, 7, 3, 4

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The following is an archive of comments made before threaded discussions was implemented (November 16th, 2008)

 
László Monda Scriptwright

Thank you very much for this wonderful script! This is a pretty complex layout problem to solve well, but you've made it perfectly. Respect!

 
jtulloch Script's Author

yeah. the script uses Gmail's API. for some reason, it has recently not always been accessible, and i haven't been able to figure out why at this point. it's pretty much totally random. when i figure it out, though, you will all be informed immediately :)

 
Kevin 1 User

I have problems every once in a while but if I reload it starts working again. Not sure if this is normal or if there is intermittent code in different sessions.

 
Boe Darnez User

Is anyone else experiencing problems?

 
jtulloch Script's Author

@Boe Darnez It wasn't working for me this morning as a result of the new FireBug release. I had to go back and disable firebug for the Gmail site again. That did it for me. Maybe it's conflicting with some other extensions or scripts that you have?

 
Boe Darnez User

Now it's not working at all. Anyone else having trouble?

 
Boe Darnez User

Sometimes it works for me and sometimes it doesn't. Even when I reload gmail, it can sometimes not work. Can't figure out what determines if it does or not. Any helpful hints?

 
Logan Koester Scriptwright

Thanks for fixing this :-)

 
chatdo User

Hello jtulloch !
Working for me now ! Thanks a lot !

 
jtulloch Script's Author

@Mikkel i dunno man. .. the classic programming answer: "it's working on my machine".
I've actually tested it in a few different situations, though, and it seems to work in both gmail and google apps. it's still moody with FF3, but it seems to be working most of the time.

 
Mikkel Jensen Scriptwright

Thank you! Been looking for at working script for some time now...

UPDATE: Hmm, when I restarted my browser the script wasn't working.. I don't even see the thread options...

 
jtulloch Script's Author

okay, so the thing with the ads shifting with the links was just a result of Gmail's layout changing slightly. .. that's fixed now.
the other issue with the script simply not working at random times is still a bit of a mystery. ..

 
Saibot User

Not running firebug, but I am seeing the same wonkiness (adds in - and spilling out of - the thread box). Running FF3, GM 0.8.2, & a few FF2 extensions made compatible via MRTech Toolkit. Also have a couple of the experimental GMail features enabled. I'll try disabling those and post again if it makes any difference.

 
Left Blank User

Awesome addon, the latest version of the 'Google apps for your domain' Gmail version somehow displays the ads inside the 'thread toolbox' menu in the left column though; non-essential nonetheless.

 
Djordje User

Yeaaa...
Your fans waiting for you ;)

 
jtulloch Script's Author

yeah, it seems to be moody at the moment. i'm really not sure what's causing it. I'll keep working on it, though.

 
chatdo User

Hello jtulloch,

Same problem there !
I've updated FF3 to final version (French version) then removed the old version of your script (with preference deletion) then installed the new one, and restarted FF3.
On Gmail, sometimes the sidebar is removed, sometimes not :(
I'm not using Firebug.

 
Boe Darnez User

I only had one of you scripts installed, so there we no duplicates.

Would there be any reason why sometimes the script would work and other times the sidebar would be there??

 
jtulloch Script's Author

yeah. it's because you have the script installed twice. go into your ManageUserScripts dialog and get rid of the script called 'Gmail and Google Apps sBar remover'. (it was my fault. i accidentally changed the name and you must have downloaded before i fixed it) you may need to re-install the actual script after that.
apologies.

 
Boe Darnez User

It's working with Firefox 3, but it's creating a "Thread Toolbox" for the ads as well and each time I open a mail message the Thread Toolboxes keep stacking up and never leave until gmail is refreshed. Any help thoughts??

Thanks!

 
jtulloch Script's Author

Fixed FF3 problems. Should work for everybody now. Let me know if you have any other problems.

 
jtulloch Script's Author

looking into it right now. i'll try and have a fixed version as soon as possible.

 
Djordje User

Hi, I'am using FF 3 final version, and this script removes ads from right side of screen but doesn't move thread links to the left.

 
chatdo User

Hello,

I'm using Firefox 3 rc3 and Greasemonkey 0.8.20080609.0.
It was working with the previous firefox (V2 not 3) version, but now no effect on gmail :(

Can you take a look ?
Thanks

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