Nothing is as valuable as Real Estate these days, so why should computers make an exception? I always try to find a way to maximize the screen space I get by closing unnecessary gadgets, tweaking windows, adjusting resolution, minimizing font size and so on. It irks me to scroll in any direction and if you are a normal human being, I am sure it’s the same case with you too. Fortunately, there is Google Chrome extension which comes handy to save precious browser screen space.
Handyman, the new chrome extension, provides options to control which of the items on the page to be displayed. Currently, this extension is limited to Google Reader, Google Docs, Gmail and iGoogle, but the power of this cool extension is simply amazing. Once you install this extension, it will add a 
button to the bookmarks bar above. It provides different options for each of the four Google products, but I found it to be most useful for Gmail. It provides options to:
- Show/hide Gmail logo and search box
- Show/hide Chat window
- Show/hide Quick Links, Invites
- Show/hide Settings and Google services top bar
- Show/hide sponsored links
- Show/hide background image and footer
- Highlight message on mouse hover
- Small font to view more messages
This way you could focus more on the core part of the Gmail i.e. e-mails and hide the rest of features when not needed. Another mini advantage of this extension is that you can easily switch between four of the above Google products any time with just a single click. Here is how my Gmail looks after hiding all the unwanted stuff:
The only thing that is missing in this extension is that it doesn’t reuse unutilized screen space for other items. For example, if I hide chat window on the right hand side of gmail screen, the space is left empty and not used to increase the width of mail section. But apart of from this, this is a cool extension and if you like to conserve space on Gmail, this extension provides lot of customization for that. Check it out and let me know how you find it by leaving comments below!
Similar Posts You May Like-
SortFix - A Creative Way To Search The Web It's a known fact that 99% of the people surfing on the web does not know how to use Google properly (may not be well known, but it's a fact nonetheless). Here I am not talking about the Geeks or Software Pros, I am talking about the casual web users....... -
How To: Setup Gmail Account in Microsoft Outlook Express in 10 Steps Have you ever wondered how great it would be to view your Gmails using your favorite email client? Are you bored of using Gmail’s web interface? Do you want to have the convenience of sending and receiving mails, searching and filtering mails, organizing mails, offline mail storage and all the...... - Google Buzz - Twitter Killer In Disguise? Today, Google launched its new application in the segment of social networking called, Google Buzz. The news was confirmed on the official Gmail blog. As per Google, Buzz is tightly integrated with Gmail and incorporates features like sharing text messages, videos, images etc all in real time. It also allows......
- 10 Free Stock Photography Sites To Spice Up Your Blog A picture is worth a thousand words and thousand words makes up a boring paragraph. What makes you take a look at the magazine? Catchy headlines with crispy images, right? An image not just compliments the content the writer is trying to convey, it actually overrides it. I don't know......
-
7 Ways To Use Google Buzz Effectively Did you know about the hot cake in town? I bet you already. Yes, you are right! It's Google Buzz which is creating quite a stir among social media enthusiastics, bloggers, celebrities, friends, geeks, nerds, carrots and beans. It's only about a week since the launch of Google Buzz, but......
