ANNOUNCEMENTS

THIS EXTENSION IS DEPRECATED!

Active development continues at Minimalist for Everything:

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/bmihblnpomgpjkfddepdpdafhhepdbek

Please disable Minimalist for Gmail if you have it installed and install Minimalist for Everything instead.

WHAT DOES IT DO?

It is a personalized solution for those who are tired of useless and distracting elements in the Gmail interface. It removes as much or as little as you want. It also adds functionality if you so choose. Look around the options page to see what it does first hand. Link below.

PERMISSIONS

Learn more about Chrome Extension permissions here: http://www.google.com/support/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=186213 If you look as the permissions required by similar extensions in the Web Store, you will see that they are exactly the same so before you make assumptions based on two short and broad statements, please read the following:

== "tabs"

• This permissions results in the "This extensions can access your browsing history" warning.
• I NEVER access your browsing history.
• I need this permission to open tabs. I use this to open the options page on major updates.
• This permission is also used to refresh the Gmail tab when you save your settings.

== "bookmarks"

• This permission results in the "This item can access your bookmars" warning.
• I NEVER access, read, modify, store, or transmit any of bookmarks.
• I need this permission to create a bookmark that is used to sync settings accross computers.

== "http://*/*", "https://*/*"

• This permission results in the "This extension can access your data on all websites" warning.
• I NEVER access, read, store, or transmit your personal data.
• I need this permission to run user scripts behind specific pages in the browser.
• These scripts inject Javascript and CSS into Gmail to enhance functionality and hide elements
• The reason I ask for permissions to all pages and not just Gmail is because of my open in Gmail feature

which replaces all "mailto:" links in websites with a script that opens clickable email addresses in Gmail.

Still don't trust me? Go to https://github.com/anstosa/Minimalist-Gmail to see the entire source code.

OPTIONS

The Options page is easy to use and interactive features:

• Screenshots when you mouseover options so you know what you're changing
• Organized tabbed navigation
• See it in action here: http://www.anselsantosa.com/sites/MinimalistGmail/options.html

The following elements can be modified individually:

== GENERAL

• Hide Minimalist for Gmail options icon
• Custom loading screen
• Customize button colors
• Rounded corners on input fields and textareas
• Hide inactive scrollbar
• Show transition animations
• Custom CSS input

== NOTIFICATIONS

• Favicon unread count
• Desktop notifications

== GOOGLE BAR

• Hide Google bar to toggle when hidden
• Hide background & border
• Hide Google links
• Replace Google links with custom menu
• Hide logged in
• Hide Labs icon
• Hide Settings link
• Hide Help link
• Hide Sign out link

== HEADER

• Hide header to toggle when hidden
• Hide logo
• Use custom logo
• Hide all search
• Hide mail search button
• Hide web search button
• Hide search sub-links

== MAIN

• Hide row borders
• Hide grabbers in rows
• Simplify rows until mouseover
• Show starred item row highlighting
• Show unread item highlighting
• Show select/hover highlights mail and contacts. keyboard navigation support
• Hide zero-inbox whitespace
• Hide star icons
• Show better attachment icons specific, two built in styles and custom input via URL or base64
• Floating toolbars scroll with page
• Hide top toolbar
• Hide bottom toolbar
• Use classic selection links instead of dropdown menu
• Hide checkbox tools in toolbar
• Hide Archive, Spam, Delete buttons
• Hide Move to, Labels buttons
• Hide More actions button
• Hide Refresh link
• Hide reply textbox in message view
• Hide "No new mail! Want to read updates from your favorite sites? Try Google Reader"
• Hide People Widget
• Hide sidebar ads
• Hide experimental bottom ads

== NAVIGATION

• Hide navigation
• Floating nav bar scrolls with page
• Custom nav width
• Hide dividing lines
• Hide top of nav
• Hide mail button
• Hide contacts button
• Hide tasks button
• Hide middle of nav
• Hide compose mail button
• Hide Spam count
• Hide Buzz count
• Hide icons
• Hide more count
• Hide more link
• Hide invites

== CHAT

• Hide chat
• Hide "Search, add, or invite" box in chat
• Hide "Set status here"
• Hide "Sign in to AIM"
• Hide "You are invisible" alert in chat
• Hide offline chat contacts
• Hide offline sms contacts
• Hide idle chat contacts
• Hide chat statuses

== FOOTER

• Tips
• Options
• Legal
• Storage classic
• Storage > Label
• Storage > Graphic
• Storage > Verbose
• Storage > Menu
• Account activity or move to top

== MORE?

• Leave feature suggestions in the Issue Tracker: http://code.google.com/p/minimalist-gmail/issues

HOW DO I WORK IT?

All the instructions you need are on the support page: http://code.google.com/p/minimalist-gmail/wiki/Support

ISSUES TRACKING

I test as thoroughly as I can before each release, but bugs are bound to get through. Read, track, and submit bugs in the Issue Tracker: http://code.google.com/p/minimalist-gmail/issues

QUESTION?

• Ping me on Twitter: @anstosa
• Email me: ansel@anselsantosa.com

COMING SOON

Want to recommend a feature? Submit it in the Issues Tracker: http://code.google.com/p/minimalist-gmail/issues/list

CHANGELOG

== 1.7.38 JUN

• Fixed: Hide Chat > Search now working after People Widget rollout

== 1.7.37 JUN

• Added: Hide People Widget
• Changed: Hide Sidebar Ads no longer collapses sidebar
• Fixed: Hide Sidebar Ads breaking layout after People Widget rollout

== 1.7.36 JUN

• Fixed: Header not hiding

== 1.7.35 JUN

• Fixed: Messages opening below inbox when toolbar is floating

== 1.7.34 JUN

• Changed: Verbaige for the priority button workaround
• Fixed: Hide logo not working
• Fixed: Custom Logo not working
• Fixed: Hide header not always working
• Fixed: Hide chat hiding next gadget in list
• Fixed: Floating toolbars breaking layout when activated

== 1.7.33 MAY

• Fixed: Hide sidebar ads hiding sidebar but not ads

== 1.7.32 MAY

• Fixed: Custom buttons not working in late Gmail Priority update

== 1.7.31 MAY

• Fixed: Star icon not hiding in navigation
• Fixed: Favicon notifications not showing
• Fixed: Hide xero-inbox whitespace hiding chat

== 1.7.30 MAY

• Fixed: Unreliability in 13.

== 1.7.29 MAY

• Fixed: Typo in background.html

== 1.7.28 MAY

• Fixed: Hide Chat not working on secondary accounts.
• Fixed: Workaround for Chromium 82784: http://goo.gl/XZMSr. No icon for affected builds

== 1.7.27 MAY

• Fixed: Floating toolbars not working on some pages

== 1.7.26 MAY

• Fixed: Hide Chat hiding all gadgets

== 1.7.25 MAY

• Fixed: Zero inbox whitespace hiding chat
• Fixed: Chat not hiding (for real this time)

== 1.7.24 MAY

• Fixed: Zero inbox whitespace not hiding
• Fixed: Chat not hiding

== 1.7.23 APR

• Fixed: Classic storage footer always hidden in non-apps mail

== 1.7.22 APR

• Fixed: Classic storage footer no longer hiding in non-apps mail

== 1.7.21 APR

• Fixed: Check for Google Apps did not detect all Google Apps accounts.

== 1.7.20 APR

• Fixed: 1.7.19 broke footer options in Google Apps
• Fixed: Toolbar button hiding in Google Apps

== 1.7.19 APR

• Fixed: Some footer options not working
• Fixed: Hide/Custom logo interfering with Compose Mail view

== 1.7.18 MAR

• Fixed: Compose pop-out appears with tiled custom logos when not opened from within Gmail
• Fixed: New refresh button not hiding

== 1.7.17 MAR

• Fixed: Some CSS-based chat and navigation features broken 3/25

== 1.7.16 MAR

• Fixed: favicon counter only updating once per load

== 1.7.15 MAR

• Fixed: Send with Gmail and similar extensions popup compose dialog with missing fields

== 1.7.14 MAR

• Changed: URL bar icons are smaller and lighter to not be intrusive

== 1.7.13 MAR

• Changed: Logos to comply with Google's branding guidelines
• Fixed: Width bug in stable and beta channels with Hide Sidebar ads enabled Stephen!

== 1.7.12 MAR

• Fixed: Make Google Bar invisible until mouseover not appearing on hover real this time
• Fixed: Some chat features not working after

== 1.7.11 MAR

• Fixed: Make Google Bar invisible until mouseover not appearing on hover

== 1.7.10 MAR

• Imporoved: resource usage for apps check and floating element init functions
• Fixed: Floating nav and Toolbar not working

== 1.7.9 MAR

• Fixed: Hide nav not working in Google Apps accounts
• Fixed: Hide Header and Google Bar not working together in Google Apps accounts with new Google Bar

== 1.7.8 MAR

• Fixed: Contextual information showing over messages with hide sidebar ads

== 1.7.7 MAR

• Fixed: Sidebar ads not hiding

== 1.7.6 MAR

• Fixed: Sidebar info overlapping messages with ads hidden entirely for now
• Fixed: Floating nav not clickable

== 1.7.5 MAR

• Fixed: Hide header and Hide Google Bar problems with old Google bar
• Fixed: Floating nav floating over messages in small windows
• Fixed: Hide Nav and Floating Nav conflicting
• Improved: Larger margin at bottom of General tab to facilitate Custom CSS resizing

== 1.7.4 MAR

• Fixed: Google bar and header hiding eachother
• Fixed: Checkbox list displaying vertically in stable and beta channels

== 1.7.3 MAR

• Added: Experimental sync feature
• Fixed: Navigation hotkey not working after 1.7.1

== 1.7.2 MAR

• Fixed: Row highlighting disabled after 1.7.1
• Fixed: Header not hiding after 1.7.1 Gmail update

== 1.7.1 MAR

• Added: Minimalist for Google Reader info
• Improved: all favicons updated to Google's most recent versions
• Improved: favicon unread icon numbers now black on grey instead of gray on yellow
• Improved: Google Bar, Header, and Navigation toggling code
• Fixed: Dividing bars not hidden in Google User Bar for Google Apps users
• Fixed: Priority Inbox menu's broken with checkbox tools list
• Fixed: Show checkbox list not showing up inline
• Fixed: Message and list properties not animating
• Fixed: Floating toolbar gets stuck at top of inbox

== 1.7.0 Feb

• Added: Floating navigation scrolls with page
• Added: Floating toolbars scroll with page

== 1.6.23 Feb

• Fixed: Make invisible until mouseover not reappearing on mouseover in Google Apps
• Fixed: Make invisible until mouseover not hiding Google Apps links

== 1.6.22 Feb

• Improved: Simplify rows code, also attachment icons fade until selction or mouseover

== 1.6.21 Feb

• Fixed: Checked checkboxes don't stay visible with Simplify Rows

== 1.6.20 Feb

• Fixed: Problems with old Google Bar

== 1.6.19 Feb

• Fixed: "More" drop-down on new Google bar not hide-able

== 1.6.18 Feb

• Added: Donate tab in options
• Fixed: Selection indicator hidden in simplify rows
• Fixed: Install failure on Chrome for Fedora
• Fixed: Google Bar features incompatible with new Google Bar
• Fixed: Activity under new Google Bar when moved to top

== 1.6.17 Feb

• Fixed: Offline chat contacts not hiding in French Gmail

== 1.6.16 Feb

• Removed: Calendar script from easter egg
• Fixed: Custom checkbox tools button shifting to left on hover

== 1.6.15 Feb

• Fixed: Custom buttons shifting way left on hover

== 1.6.14 Feb

• Fixed: stupid typo...

== 1.6.13 Feb

• Improved: Simplify rows dims labels until mouseover
• Fixed: Simplify rows permanently hiding checkboxes
• Fixed: Offline and idle chat contacts not hiding in French Gmail
• Fixed: g + l hiding header when it was open
• Fixed: Custom buttons shifting to left on hover

== 1.6.12 Feb

• Fixed: Naming convension not adhereing to Google's branding policies
• Fixed: g + l unhiding Google Bar when Header wasn't hidden

== 1.6.11 Feb

• Fixed: Keyboard shortcuts only working if Select/hover row highlights enabled

== 1.6.10 Feb

• Fixed: Options button in popup didn't open version notes on minor updates

== 1.6.9 Feb

• Added: Hide sms contacts in chat
• Added: Hide Idle contacts in chat
• Added: Hide "Sign in to AIM" in chat
• Added: Hide Zero-inbox whitespace
• Added: Hide dividing lines in navigation
• Added: Hide grabbers in rows
• Fixed: Search options in header not working on macs
• Fixed: When select highlights are enabled and unread highlights aren't unread rows aren't highlighted on mouseover

== 1.6.8 Feb

• Fixed: Header not toggling when Hide Google Bar is enabled
• Fixed: Header options not working
• Fixed: Row highlights only working as expected with all enabled

== 1.6.7 Feb

• Fixed: Something stupid...

== 1.6.6 Feb

• Added: Color blending for row highlighting. unread color + blue hover color = purple hover on unread item
• Fixed: Offline chat not hiding
• Improved: Row selected with keyboard navigation with un-simplify
• Improved: Total revamp of triggers and timers. Significant performance improvement. Especially while idle.
• Changed: Move activity to top. Translucent and centered. Will not hide or fade with Google Bar or header.
• Removed: Unread color for select/hover. Now when multiple cases overlap, the colors blend.
• Removed: Hide Inbox link to do universaly unless it's first on the list. Do it in Custom CSS

== 1.6.5

• Fixed: Random backend stuff to make remote bug diagnostics easier

== 1.6.4

• Added: Made animated transitions optional decrease performance on slower machines

== 1.6.3

• Added: Very subtle transition effects
• Added: Hide inactive scrollbar option
• Added: mailto script is not optional for those with bugs on other sites or who use desktop clients
• Added: Show "more" menu with custom Google Bar links with all original links included in the dropdown
• Added: Made show nav on mouseover optional
• Improved: First line no longer highlights as if selected for users who don't use keyboard navigation
• Improved: ` tilde key now toggles nav bar if hidden
• Improved: \ now toggles header and gbar on and off when either is hidden by default
• Improved: Performace improvement for keyboard navigation in messaged
• Improved: Performace improvement for offline contact hiding
• Fixed: Keyboard navigation past either end of list unhighlights top or bottom item
• Fixed: Keyboard navigation not highlighting the right rows, not unhighlighting non-selected rows
• Fixed: Displaying checkbox tools as list breaks all toolbar dropdowns
• Fixed: Icon row from hidden sidebar floats over long subject lines
• Fixed: g + l shortcut broken
• Fixed: CPU obliteration bug. [Sorry, didn't notice it on my Quad Core i7 but turned my CR-48 into a rock :-)]

== 1.6.2

• Fixed: Messaged appearing below for unknown reasons nav and custom nav width still broken for those users

== 1.6.1

• Fixed: Messages appearing below chat because of gadgets

== 1.6.0

• Added: Toggle Minimalist for Gmail on/off. New dropdown from URL bar icon allows toggling and link to Options
• Added: "Panic!" button in URL icon dropdown. Just reloads the page but that fixes a lot of problems
• Added: Reset option for custom button colors
• Added: Hide "You are invisible" alert in chat
• Added: "Settings saved" message for peace of mind and to remind you to refresh!
• Added: Notes and explanations everywhere for clarification
• Added: Custom navigation width
• Added: Custom loading screen
• Added: Rounded corners on fields and text areas
• Added: Hide logo
• Added: Hide Google Bar border & background
• Added: Hide reply textbox in message. r and reply links still trigger reply pane
• Added: Hide row borders
• Added: Unread item highlighting
• Added: Simplify rows, hides most elements in row until mouseover
• Added: Hide Inbox link
• Added: Hide "more" count
• Added: Use classic selection link list instead of dropdown menu
• Added: Custom CSS input for advanced users
• Added: Import/Export settings and several presets
• Improved: / shortcut focuses search and unhides header if hidden. Rehide with \
• Improved: Toggle stripes are only tinted on mouseover. Ultra minimalists rejoice!
• Improved: Activity no longer replaces Google Links when moved to top
• Imporved: Google Bar toggle stripe now above Google Bar
• Improved: If Google Bar and Header are both hidden, they share a toggle stripe
• Improved: Resource usage. Should be a bit less bulky now
• Improved: Options page scrolling and expandable element behavior
• Improved: Added 6th custom link for Google Link Bar. "More" hides automatically
• Improved: Added seperate hover/select row highlight color for unread items
• Improved: Navigation now has click to toggle and show on mouseover
• Fixed: Options page mouseovers should no longer appear outside the viewport on smaller screens
• Fixed: Hide mail search doesn't work with apps search lab enabled
• Fixed: Activity still visible if Google Bar hidden
• Fixed: Easter Egg! Click "more" in title of the "More" tab to load my personal Voice, Reader, & Calendar Scripts
• Fixed: Navigation not hiding
• Fixed: No row highlight colors applied to first item on load takes precendent
• Fixed: Starred item highlight color not applied when superstars enabled
• Fixed: OpenOffice formats not recognized by Better Attachment Icons
• Fixed: Whitespace when hiding sidebar & package tracking infomation hidden
• Fixed: Hide Chat hiding all gadgets. Will work with Drag & Drop but Chat must be second, after Compose, inbox etc.
• Fixed: All Google User Bar elements causing problems
• Fixed: Hide Offline not hiding offline cell phones
• Fixed: Hide chat search box hiding RTM add task box
• Fixed: Bottom toolbar not hiding in messages

== 1.5.0

• Added: Hide Google User bar elements in, Labs icon, Settings, Help, Sign Out [idea Sarah]
• Added: Hide Google Bar to toggle stripe
• Added: Custom better attachment icons via URL or base64 input
• Added: Vertical scrollbar is not invisible if page fits within window disabled it instead of hiding it
• Added: Hide "No new mail! Want to read updates from your favorite sites? Try Google Reader" idea Sarah
• Improved: Hide header, new click to toggle stripe
• Improved: Fallback fonts appear on options page until custom fonts are loaded from Google low/no internet
• Improved: All options auto-save, no need to click save anymore if that was confusing in the 1.4.0 update
• Fixed: Some screenshots not visible on new options page

== 1.4.2

• Fixed: Starred item highlighting broken again [seriously? Gmail changed class names twice this week...]
• Fixed: Navigation not hiding
• Fixed: Middle navigation not hiding

== 1.4.1

• Fixed: Legal option in Footer tab didn't save when checked

== 1.4.0

• Added: Custom Google bar. Swap out Google's choices with your 5 favorite links
• Added: New better attachment icon options CarlosJ
• Improved: Options page
• Fixed: Google user info section hiding instead of navigation

== 1.3.9

• Added: Get the Reader link back in the Google Bar!

== 1.3.8

• Fixed: gbar not hiding

== 1.3.7

• Fixed: Inability to disable custom buttons

== 1.3.6

• Fixed: Manifest error

== 1.3.5

• Added: Custom button colors idea jack limit

== 1.3.4

• Fixed: Desktop notifications active on mac without enabling option

== 1.3.3

• Fixed: Desktop notifications repeat all after browser reload

== 1.3.2

• Fixed: Desktop notifications not showing up on mac

== 1.3.1

• Improved: Clickable desktop notifications
• Fixed: Desktop notifications

== 1.3.0

• Added: Hide Spam count
• Added: Hide Buzz count
• Added: Show unread count in favicon to Peter Wooley for allowing me to republish his script
• Added: Desktop notifications options coming next week
• Added: Better attachment icons
• Improved: Gmail reloads on save automatically
• Improved: Code optimization
• Fixed: Header not hiding in some cases fallback css

== 1.2.8

• Toggle header when hidden by clicking blank area below gbar idea ds
• Fixed: Web search not hiding

== 1.2.7

• Added: Easter egg a minimalist Google Voice, Reader, and Calendar? Click the question mark
• Fixed: Bottom toolbar not hiding

== 1.2.6

• Fixed: Chat options hiding pop-up bars

== 1.2.5

• Fixed: Custom logo not displaying

== 1.2.4

• Improved: Default custom colors

== 1.2.3

• Added: donate link [please? :-)]
• Added: Hide experimental bottom ads
• Added: Hide classic storage in footer apps, some themes
• Improved: Google Apps support in progress, please report bus
• Fixed: Color picker not showing default colors

== 1.2.2

• Added: visual color picker for the idea EBreHNN

== 1.2.1

• Added: Hide sidebar ads contextual options and relocates above message
• Added: Starred item row highlighting
• Added: Hide Archive, Spam, Delete buttons
• Added: Hide Move to, Labels buttons
• Added: Hide More actions button
• Added: Hide Refresh link
• Added: Hide top toolbar
• Fixed: Search button options not hiding the right elements

== 1.2.0

• Added: Hide navigation
• Added: Hide middle nav section
• Added: Hide Compose Mail button
• Added: Hide Offline chat contacts idea Collin
• Added: Hide "Search, add, or invite" box in chat
• Improved: Row highlighting in Contacts
• Improved: Keyboard navigation support for row highlighting idea Louie
• Improved: Added columns in the options form to keep the page from getting too long

== 1.1.6

• Improved: Icons updated
• Improved: Web Store promotional material updated
• Improved: Web Store screenshots updated

== 1.1.5

• Added: Hide top of nav
• Added: Hide Mail link
• Added: Hide Contacts link
• Added: Hide Tasks link
• Added: Hide "more" link
• Added: Update notifications system
• Improved: Redesigned options page
• Improved: Working mailto script

== 1.1.4

• Added: Custom logo support
• Added: Row highlighting with custom colors
• Added: Hide header
• Added: Hide search
• Added: Hide mail search
• Added: Hide star icons
• Added: Hide chat statuses
• Added: Send using gmail [mailto:]. Needs more testing, will be fully functional in next release

== 1.1.3

• Added: Hide chat chats still come through
• Added: Minimalist for Gmail options shortcut in URL bar be disabled in options

== 1.1.2

• Improved: Web store screenshots
• Improved: Web store description formatting
• Improved: Options page highlighting on update only appear when features are added
• Fixed: Conflicts with labs Side chat & Apps Search

== 1.1.0

• Added: Screenshots in options page
• Improved: Options page organization tweaked
• Improved: Instructions to hide chat

== 1.0.0

• First!

CREDITS

Most of Minimalist for Gmail is written from the ground-up but some things are just perfect already:

• mailto script by Julien Couvreur
• favicon unread counter by Peter Wooley

Full details on the About page: http://www.anselsantosa.com/sites/MinimalistGmail/options.html#abo

LEGAL

I am not a Google Employee or officially affiliated with Google in any way. This extension is not endorsed by Google. Google, Gmail, and the Gmail logo are trademarks of Google Inc. Use of these trademarks is subject to Google Permissions.

All bundled scripts are copyright of their original authors.

I am not, nor is my extension related to "Minimalist Gmail By Matt Constantine" http://mattconstantine.com/mg/