Labs Suggestion - Gmail Unreads Summary
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Winston Teo
Aug 9, 2009, 12:42:06 AM8/9/09
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Hi,
I wrote a Greasemonkey script named: Gmail Unreads Summary a few days
ago, and I'll like to suggest this functionality for Labs. Basically,
it's a script that groups your unread emails by sender, and displays
the unread counts at the top of your Gmail inbox. Each group is also a
"quick link" that filters your email to show only the unread emails
sent by this sender. Please take a look at
http://www.winstonyw.com/2009/08/08/greasemonkey-script-gmail-unreads-summary/
for more details.
However, there are some limitations to this, since it's but a
Greasemonkey script that's only working on the client-side:
- Summary is only for the unread emails in the CURRENT VIEW, since I
am not able to get ALL unread emails in the Gmail account.
- Each "quick link" is a refresh of the browser, unlike the Quick
Links in Labs, which I believe uses ajax to refresh the view, and not
the entire browser.
Personally, I think this summary is great for people who practice GTD,
and like to keep their inbox clean. Therefore it might be a good
candidate for a Gmail Labs, should the two limitations be easily
solved at the server-side.
For your consideration please. Thank you!
I wrote a Greasemonkey script named: Gmail Unreads Summary a few days
ago, and I'll like to suggest this functionality for Labs. Basically,
it's a script that groups your unread emails by sender, and displays
the unread counts at the top of your Gmail inbox. Each group is also a
"quick link" that filters your email to show only the unread emails
sent by this sender. Please take a look at
http://www.winstonyw.com/2009/08/08/greasemonkey-script-gmail-unreads-summary/
for more details.
However, there are some limitations to this, since it's but a
Greasemonkey script that's only working on the client-side:
- Summary is only for the unread emails in the CURRENT VIEW, since I
am not able to get ALL unread emails in the Gmail account.
- Each "quick link" is a refresh of the browser, unlike the Quick
Links in Labs, which I believe uses ajax to refresh the view, and not
the entire browser.
Personally, I think this summary is great for people who practice GTD,
and like to keep their inbox clean. Therefore it might be a good
candidate for a Gmail Labs, should the two limitations be easily
solved at the server-side.
For your consideration please. Thank you!
mhenriday
Aug 9, 2009, 6:56:03 AM8/9/09
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Excellent suggestion for a labs feature, Winston Teo ! I second the
motion !...
Henri
On Aug 9, 6:42 am, Winston Teo wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I wrote a Greasemonkey script named: Gmail Unreads Summary a few days
> ago, and I'll like to suggest this functionality for Labs. Basically,
> it's a script that groups your unread emails by sender, and displays
> the unread counts at the top of your Gmail inbox. Each group is also a
> "quick link" that filters your email to show only the unread emails
> sent by this sender. Please take a look athttp://www.winstonyw.com/2009/08/08/greasemonkey-script-gmail-unreads...
motion !...
Henri
On Aug 9, 6:42 am, Winston Teo wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I wrote a Greasemonkey script named: Gmail Unreads Summary a few days
> ago, and I'll like to suggest this functionality for Labs. Basically,
> it's a script that groups your unread emails by sender, and displays
> the unread counts at the top of your Gmail inbox. Each group is also a
> "quick link" that filters your email to show only the unread emails
MarkB.
Aug 9, 2009, 8:36:39 AM8/9/09
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Looks great. Probably not that useful to me personally, but a good
idea nonetheless.
On Aug 9, 6:42 am, Winston Teo wrote:
idea nonetheless.
On Aug 9, 6:42 am, Winston Teo wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I wrote a Greasemonkey script named: Gmail Unreads Summary a few days
> ago, and I'll like to suggest this functionality for Labs. Basically,
> it's a script that groups your unread emails by sender, and displays
> the unread counts at the top of your Gmail inbox. Each group is also a
> "quick link" that filters your email to show only the unread emails
> sent by this sender. Please take a look athttp://www.winstonyw.com/2009/08/08/greasemonkey-script-gmail-unreads...
>
> I wrote a Greasemonkey script named: Gmail Unreads Summary a few days
> ago, and I'll like to suggest this functionality for Labs. Basically,
> it's a script that groups your unread emails by sender, and displays
> the unread counts at the top of your Gmail inbox. Each group is also a
> "quick link" that filters your email to show only the unread emails
mhenriday
Aug 10, 2009, 7:26:27 AM8/10/09
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Just to complement the above, I can mention that I've installed
Winston Teo's Grease monkey script on several Firefox builds on both
Linux (64-bit Jaunty) and Windows (32-bit Windows Server 2008 och
Vista Business) and that it works very well, within the limitation
that he mentions above, viz, that the summary works only for unread
messages in the current view. A Google Labs feature which was able to
perform this action on all unread messages would be very useful,
indeed !...
Henri
Winston Teo's Grease monkey script on several Firefox builds on both
Linux (64-bit Jaunty) and Windows (32-bit Windows Server 2008 och
Vista Business) and that it works very well, within the limitation
that he mentions above, viz, that the summary works only for unread
messages in the current view. A Google Labs feature which was able to
perform this action on all unread messages would be very useful,
indeed !...
Henri
Winston Teo
Aug 11, 2009, 2:46:23 AM8/11/09
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Thanks Henri and Mark for supporting the idea. =)
On Aug 10, 7:26 pm, mhenriday wrote:
> Just to complement the above, I can mention that I've installed
> Winston Teo's Grease monkey script on several Firefox builds on both
> Linux (64-bit Jaunty) and Windows (32-bit Windows Server 2008 och
> Vista Business) and that it works very well, within the limitation
> that he mentions above, viz, that the summary works only for unread
> messages in the current view. A Google Labs feature which was able to
> perform this action on all unread messages would be very useful,
> indeed !...
>
> Henri
>
> On Aug 9, 12:56 pm, mhenriday wrote:
>
> > Excellent suggestion for a labs feature, Winston Teo ! I second the
> > motion !...
>
> > Henri
>
> > On Aug 9, 6:42 am, Winston Teo wrote:
>
> > > Hi,
>
> > > I wrote aGreasemonkeyscript named: Gmail Unreads Summary a few days
On Aug 10, 7:26 pm, mhenriday wrote:
> Just to complement the above, I can mention that I've installed
> Winston Teo's Grease monkey script on several Firefox builds on both
> Linux (64-bit Jaunty) and Windows (32-bit Windows Server 2008 och
> Vista Business) and that it works very well, within the limitation
> that he mentions above, viz, that the summary works only for unread
> messages in the current view. A Google Labs feature which was able to
> perform this action on all unread messages would be very useful,
> indeed !...
>
> Henri
>
> On Aug 9, 12:56 pm, mhenriday wrote:
>
> > Excellent suggestion for a labs feature, Winston Teo ! I second the
> > motion !...
>
> > Henri
>
> > On Aug 9, 6:42 am, Winston Teo wrote:
>
> > > Hi,
>
> > > ago, and I'll like to suggest this functionality for Labs. Basically,
> > > it's a script that groups your unread emails by sender, and displays
> > > the unread counts at the top of your Gmail inbox. Each group is also a
> > > "quick link" that filters your email to show only the unread emails
> > > sent by this sender. Please take a look athttp://www.winstonyw.com/2009/08/08/greasemonkey-script-gmail-unreads...
> > > for more details.
>
> > > However, there are some limitations to this, since it's but a
> > >Greasemonkeyscript that's only working on the client-side:
> > > it's a script that groups your unread emails by sender, and displays
> > > the unread counts at the top of your Gmail inbox. Each group is also a
> > > "quick link" that filters your email to show only the unread emails
> > > sent by this sender. Please take a look athttp://www.winstonyw.com/2009/08/08/greasemonkey-script-gmail-unreads...
> > > for more details.
>
> > > However, there are some limitations to this, since it's but a
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