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Shrink your Gmail layout with Gmail Compactor
It seems like Gmail users are always hungry for new ways to tweak Gmail's appearance. One trick that will save some space in your sidebar is the Gmail Compactor script. If you have Greasemonkey or a similar userscript engine installed, just download Gmail Compactor to turn the text links in your sidebar into space-saving icons. The icons aren't the only space-saving feature of Gmail compactor, though. It alos shrinks Gmail's built-in search bar down into the sidebar, and eliminates the Gmail logo. It's up to you whether you think this look feels less cluttered. It does offer the same functions in a smaller space, but the icons also feel a bit a crowded to me compared to the text links, and they take some getting used to.
[via Lifehacker]
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Subscribe to commentssnoopedgyedgeApr 30th 2009 9:50AM
It doesn't play well off the shelf with partnerpages (Google hosted domains for gmail, calendar, etc). I had to disable it and go back to the regular buttons. Of course, I could always just edit the file to change the embedded hyperlinks, but I would need to drink some coffee before I tackled that.
PashaApr 30th 2009 10:40AM
I am the creator of the script. I'll have the google apps for domains issue fixed this weekend, so stay tuned.
wrabbitMay 1st 2009 9:44AM
Looks neat. I'm gonna try out it after work. I'm thinking it might make the contacts button more visible. I don't know why, but despite the bold, it always takes me a second to remember where the contacts button is when I need to it. Probably because it's almost like part of the folders, it's location is just not intuitive, they should put it right before compose mail.
rcsherrilljMay 31st 2009 5:18AM
I'm a clueless granny with a problem - maybe remotely at best related: Recently the gmail homepage shrunk. The left column 'Compose', etc... is the same but the next column, where your mail lists form, only takes up maybe 2/3 of the monitor so that the last quarter or so of the window is blank. It makes no difference whether the window is maximized or not. It wasn't like this before. It seemed as though there should be something in 'settings' but I didn't find anything. Any suggestions? Thanks!