Minimalist Gmail – Get rid of the clutter

I have recently downloaded and installed the Firefox extension from Matt Constantine, Minimalist Gmail. If you don’t like the clutter of the Gmail interface ( with the chat window, the Google logo at the top, all sorts of buttons you never use ), I highly recommend this plugin.

I have been using it for about two weeks now, and when you combine this plugin with the Gmail keyboard shortcuts, you can really start to fly through your emails without ever using your mouse and reduce the clutter on your mail screen.

The plugin is configurable, so you can show or hide most of the screen elements, and it works with any Google-hosted mail. So, if you are hosting your domain’s mail with Google, this plugin will work for that as well.

If you don’t know how to use Gmail keyboard shortcuts, there is a tutorial here. You can also access them at any time ( once you have enabled them in Settings ) by using Ctl-/ ( that’s Control-FrontSlash ) to show you the shortcuts.

I am hooked on it. Thanks to Matt for a great plugin.