minimalist - A Google Chrome extension that lets you take control of the way you experience your favorite websites

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Code license
GNU GPL v3
Content license
Creative Commons 3.0 BY
Labels
Chrome, Extension, CSS, JavaScript, Interface, HTML, UI, Web, Website

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anst...@gmail.com

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

Sorry about the lack of updates. Been busy at real work, will continue to maintain.

Please post bugs and feature requests in the issue tracker: http://code.google.com/p/minimalist/issues

Please ask questions or give feedback to me at my email: [ansel@anselsantosa.com]

Right now the UI is not where I want it. Especially the Edit page, it's busy and cumbersome. This will be improving a lot, I promise.

Questions about permissions? See PERMISSIONS section below.

WHAT DOES IT DO?

Centralized script and style management
Core Modules that customize web experience
Easily develop and deploy custom styles and scripts

PERMISSIONS

"tabs"

This permissions results in the "This extensions can access your tabs and browsing activity" warning.
I NEVER store or transmit your browsing activity.
I need this permission to check the URL of websites so I know which module to activate (if any).
This permission is also used to refresh tabs and open new tabs (only when initiated by you, the user).
"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 your Minimalist Data accross computers.
"all_urls"

This permission results in the "This extension can access your data on all websites" warning.
I NEVER access, read, modify, store, or transmit your personal data.
I need this permission to run user scripts on specific pages in the browser.
I need access to all sites because Minimalist Modules can apply to any site.

Want to check for yourself? Go to https://github.com/anstosa/Minimalist-Everything to see the entire source code.

FEATURES

Powerful, easy-to-use options pages for modules
Syntax highlighting in module code editor
Data sync
Export User Scripts (Coming soon...)
Import from [UserScripts.org]
Import from [UserStyles.org]
Import Stylebot (Coming soon...)

See the features of the default modules at their respective GitHub projects:

Gmail: 2.0.1 is out! (Feature list coming Soon...)
Google Calendar: (Coming Soon...)
Google Reader: 2.0.0 is out! (Feature list coming Soon...)
Google+: (Coming Soon...)

Find more modules on the wiki: (Coming soon)

HOW DO I WORK IT?

All the instructions you need are on the support page: http://code.google.com/p/minimalist/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/issues

QUESTION?

Ping me on Twitter: @anstosa
Shoot me an email: ansel@anselsantosa.com

COMING SOON

Stable

Export modules as user scripts
Copy options to new module
Google Calendar module
Google Reader module
Google+ module

Other planned modules

LastPass

1.1

Keyboard shortcuts (Dashboard navigation, open dashboard, toggle Minimalist)

Did I miss something?

Submit a feature request in the issue tracker! http://code.google.com/p/minimalist/issues

CHANGELOG

NOTE: versions ending in 't' are test versions only published to trusted testers.

0.6.18 (11 JAN)

Added: Reset settings buttong (database persists across reinstalls)
Fixed: openTab event handling not working because of new content-script sandboxing in dev channel
Fixed: Export/Import everything not working
Fixed: Minimalist icon looking bad on dark backgrounds
Fixed: Userscripts not importing with @includes when declared.
Fixed: (Gmail) Hide Compose + Hide Mail/Contacts/Tasks makes top sidebar items unclickable
Fixed: (Gmail) Highlight starred items only working for standard star (may have only fixed English language)
Fixed: (Gmail) Hide chat hiding resize handle
Fixed: (Reader) New subscription popup obscured by new Google Bar when Subscription button hidden
Removed: (Gmail) Animate transitions
Removed: (Gmail) Hide new look popup
0.6.17 (3 DEC)

Changed: Color pickers now use rgba instead of hex to allow transparency
Fixed: (Gmail) Highlight Starred items not working consistently
0.5.17 (3 DEC)

Added: (Gmail) Force Refresh to show in split-pane view
Added: (Gmail) Collapse Gadget Pane
Added: (Reader) Hide Send to
Added: (Reader) Better item style (some styles by david.rixon)
Added: Ability to delete screenshots from features
Fixed: (Gmail) Highlight starred not working in non-english Gmail
Fixed: Import from userscripts.org not compatible with Black Canvas Script Handler (thanks jiefoxi)
MORE!: See 0.5.11 for more updates this version
0.5.16t (3 DEC)

Fixed: Options page not accepting database data until extension reload
0.5.15t (3 DEC)

Fixed: Storing legacy data exceeding localStorage data limit
0.5.14t (3 DEC)

Changed: LocalStorage to WebkitIndexDB for module storage
0.5.13t (30 NOV)

Changed: Testing for cause of "QUOTA_EXCEEDED_ERR: DOM Exception 22"
0.5.12t (30 NOV)

Changed: Testing for cause of "QUOTA_EXCEEDED_ERR: DOM Exception 22"
0.5.11t (30 NOV)

Added: (Gmail, Reader) Support for new Google Bar
Added: (Reader) Hide No Entries message
Added: (Reader) Hide Home sidebar
Added: (Reader) Custom sidebar width
Changed: (Gmail, Reader) Hide user photo no longer hides user name
Changed: (Gmail, Reader) Responsive layout changed from JS listeners to CSS media queries
Changed: (Gmail) Tweaked hide offline and hide away to be faster
Changed: Editor page scrolls to top when a new option is selected
Fixed: Re-initialization of Editor listeners causing each save to be progressively slower
Removed: (Reader) Force compact layout density (Google finally pushed the new settings menu and built-in responsive layout for Reader)
0.5.10 (25 NOV)

Fixed: Typo on options page
Fixed: Export selected not exporting the correct module consistently
0.5.9 (22 NOV)

Added: Import from [stylebot.me] (thanks jiefoxi)
Fixed: (Gmail) Hide Header breaking all following options that involve CSS
0.5.8 (21 NOV)

Added: Toggle options on and off from edit page
Added: Change field values from options page
Added: (Gmail) Highlight checked items
Added: Hidden shortcuts to Options and Edit pages (Thanks jiefoxi). Ctrl + click module name for options page, Shift + Click for edit page
Added: Option to save changes without reloaded targetted pages. Shift + click Save or Ctrl + Shift + S
Changed: (Gmail) default highlight colors (#f3f3f3, #75b44b, #fff8b0, #ed6254, & #5eabff respectively)
Changed: Edit page can now extend to full width of browser window
Changed: Code editors to height of 300px (can't make them resizable because of limitation in ACE)
Fixed: (Gmail) Highlight unread items not working consistently
Fixed: (Gmail) Hide Google Bar fatally polluting global namespace on accounts without G+ profiles
Fixed: (Gmail) Hide Move To and Hide Labels hidding Settings on some accounts (Thanks jiefoxi)
0.5.7 (21 NOV)

Added: (Gmail) Hide Labels
Added: (Gmail) Hide Move To
Added: (Gmail) Hide Back
Added: (Gmail) Hide Spam count
Added: (Gmail) Better attachment icon support: js, db, py, java, class, apk, jar
Changed: (Gmail) v9 better attachment icons
Fixed: (Reader) Items opening in background when typing v into field or textarea
Fixed: (Reader) Hide footer not working in list view
Fixed: (Gmail) Inconsistent or not functional options under Main > Toolbars
Fixed: (Gmail) Hide Google logo not working
Fixed: (Gmail) Hide Move To and Hide Labels causing Labels dropdown to loose anchor point
0.5.6 (20 NOV)

Fixed: Display bug in popup
0.5.5 (20 NOV)

Added: Tooltip in popup to make enable/disable action clearer
Added: (Gmail) Hide consider including
Added: "(disabled)" after the names of disabled modules in dashboard and popup
Changed: Enabling or disabling a module from the dashboard now refreshes the page. This should solve conflicts.
Fixed: (Gmail) Google Bar background covering up elements when Google Links were hidden
Fixed: (Gmail) Show checkbox tools list not working
Removed: Sync (again). It won't work because of limitations in Chrome. See: http://goo.gl/53Fg4
0.5.4 (19 NOV)

Changed: (Gmail) Alerts appear even when header is hidden
Changed: (Gmail) / can no longer close the Google Bar (See next change)
Fixed: (Gmail) / while header is already open just focuses the search field instead of hidding the header
Fixed: (Gmail) Footer options not working in split pane mode
Fixed: (Gmail) Hide statuses not working
Fixed: (Gmail) Hide offline not working. Selector too specific.
Fixed: (Gmail) Hide away not working. Selector too specific.
Fixed: (Gmail) Hide more tip not working
Fixed: (Gmail) Highlight starred items not working consistently
Fixed: (Reader) Force comopact layout density not working consistently
0.5.3 (18 NOV)

Added: Sync is back and hopefully more stable (it still doesn't work all the time but it won't slow down Chrome anymore.)
Added: (Reader) Force compact layout density
Added: (Reader) Hide row borders in list view
Fixed: (Reader) Layout density is set at page load and not at first resize
Fixed: (Gmail) Hide Mail dropdown not working
Fixed: (Gmail) Hide compose button not working
Fixed: (Gmail) Hide chat not working
Fixed: (Gmail) Hide more tip not working
Fixed: (Gmail) Keyboard shortcuts for highlight selected not working
Fixed: (Gmail) Hide search button not working
Fixed: (Gmail) Hide background and border not working
Fixed: (Gmail) Hide Google Links not hiding background and border
Fixed: (Gmail) Hide unstarred stars not working
Fixed: (Gmail) Show checkbox tools list not working
0.5.2 (15 NOV)

Fixed: Syntax error in manifest
0.5.1 (15 NOV)

Fixed: (Gmail) Highlight starred items not working
Fixed: (Gmail) Highlight selected items not working with keyboard shortcuts
Removed: Sync (temporarily). It is too unstable for public use at the moment. I'll get it back ASAP
0.5.0 (15 NOV)

Changed: Incremented version to trigger update notification
0.4.9t (15 NOV)

Added: Custom event 'openTab'. $('#openTab').innerHTML() is the url and $('#openTab').attr('selected') is whether the tab should open in the foreground.
Added: (Reader) Core Google Reader module
Changed: (Gmail) Moved Show checkbox tools list from bottom of Toolbar section to 3rd from top
Changed: (Gmail) Hide Google Bar is toggleable by clicking the toggle bar, ( \ ) or ( / )
Changed: (Gmail) Hide Header is toggleable by clicking the toggle bar, ( \ ) or ( / )
Fixed: All UserScripts and UserStyles reporting as installed
Fixed: Hover previews getting stretched or loading out of the viewport if they were too tall for the
Fixed: (Gmail) Header not hiding
Fixed: (Gmail) Hide new look popup not working for some (thanks jiefoxi)
Fixed: (Gmail) Hide bottom ads not working in split-pane mode (thanks jiefoxi)
Fixed: (Gmail) Hide sidebar not working in split-pane mode (thanks jiefoxi)
Fixed: (Gmail) Hide offline not working for some
Fixed: (Gmail) Hide privacy link and hide Google+ link hiding links under the more menu
Fixed: (Gmail) Hide sidebar not working in split pane views
0.4.8 (12 NOV)

Fixed: Just kidding it wasn't broken, just forgot to update the VERSION var :-)
0.4.7 (12 NOV)

Fixed: Broken version handler in 0.4.6 causing core modules not to update.
0.4.6 (12 NOV)

Fixed: Some options incorrectly enabled by default in the core modules
0.4.5t (12 NOV)

Fixed: Core module data not updated
0.4.4t (12 NOV)

Added: (Gmail) Show checkbox tools list
Added: (Gmail) Hide zero-inbox Google Reader ad
Added: (Gmail) Hide Mail/Contacts/Tasks menu
Changed: (Gmail) Hiding user photo also hides user email since clicking it does nothing without the photo
Fixed: (Gmail) Highlight starred items not working if 2 or more stars enabled in settings
Fixed: (Gmail) Hide Chat title bar hiding all gadget title bars
Fixed: (Gmail) Hide unstarred stars not working if 2 or more stars enabled in settings
Fixed: (Gmail) Hide user email hiding many links in the user menu
Fixed: (Gmail) Hide privacy link and hide Google+ link hiding links under the settings menu
Fixed: (Gmail) Hide statuses in chat leaving extra padding
Fixed: @includes in imports from [UserStyles.org] not being sanitized for single or double quotes
Fixed: Force updating imports from [UserScripts.org] and [UserStyles.org] did not replace exisiting installs
Removed: Starter module. It was corrupt and redundant.
0.4.3 (07 NOV)

Fixed: See changes button not opening changelog
Fixed: Version number not updating for bugfixes
Fixed: Notification not appearing for
0.4.2t (07 NOV)

Fixed: Core module installation failed
0.4.1t (07 NOV)

Changed: Install starter module to install Core modules
0.4.0t (07 NOV)

Added: Adding fields to options
Added: Adding color pickers to options
Added: Support for core module updating
Added: Gmail core module
Fixed: Screenshot upload button not resetings after switching features
0.3.1 (25 SEP)

Fixed: Import from bookmark failing when debugging is off
0.3.0 (25 SEP)

Added: Import from [userstyles.org]
Added: Import from [userscripts.org]
Fixed: Sync failing to remove duplicate bookmarks
Fixed: Update notifications showing without real update (maybe)
0.2.0 (17 SEP)

Changed: Update notifications no longer shown for bugfixes (x.x.X)
Fixed: Sync bookmark not being updated after saves
0.1.4 (17 SEP)

Added: Two way sync using a bookmark (experimental)
Added: Share via URL after export. MinEverything users that click on your link will have their Import fields populated with your export data
Added: Update notifications
Added: "New Mod" in popup now creates a new module that targets the domain on that page and is named the title of that page
Added: Export will now ask to export Everything or just Specific Modules
Added: Importing single modules will only overwrite modules with the same name & author. Otherwise they will be appended
Changed: Copy Code button now becomes disabled when copy is successful to avoid excited users making their processors angry
Fixed: Toggling modules from dropdown only working if module index and active module index match
0.1.3 (09 SEP)

Added: Tooltips to document confusing things
Changed: New modules are enabled by default
Changed: New options are enabled by default
Changed: New modules have a single new option by default so metadata saves correctly
Fixed: Creating a new module when no modules exist no redirecting to infinite loading page
Fixed: Expanding collapsed items in the editor tree causing overlap
Fixed: Syntax highlighted fields not initializing consistently
0.1.2 (08 SEP)

Fixed: Link to market page from Dashboard works
Fixed: Link change from 0.1.1
0.1.1 (08 SEP)

Changed: a URL in the manifest (to make sure it won't trigger a permissions auto-disable)
0.1.0 (08 SEP)

Alpha released!

LEGAL

I am not a Google Employee or officially affiliated with Google in any way. This extension is not endorsed by Google. Google, Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Reader, Google+, and their respective logos are trademarks of Google Inc. Use of these trademarks is subject to Google Permissions.

All modules are owned by their authors and licensed under GNU GPL v3.