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Make GMail Prettier With This Kick Ass Skin

Posted in Cool by Dan at 9:06 am
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GMail is an essential tool for many web surfers, but its look is aging quick especially with Yahoo’s latest AJAXY offering. Why not spiff up your favorite email app with a really cool skin? All you need to do is in Firefox load the Stylish extension and visit the themes Userstyle page and click load.

Gmail’s anti-spam technology, its thread messages, and its general simplicity has made it quite simply the best webmail service around. But I think we can all agree – Google’s design team is either incredibly lazy or extremely concerned with making sure old people, and people still using Netscape can check their email. To be frank – it’s ugly and looks very outdated. Here is a Gmail design that I deem appropriate for a service of such quality. I am calling this project Gmail redesigned.

I am in the process of working on this style almost daily, so it’s highly recommended you update it often if you want to keep up with the latest features and improvements. Or wait until I make an announcement saying that all the major features are now working correctly. Gmail has over 1500 different styles and a very complicated structure. This style will take some time to finish.

In the future this style can be used by other designers who wish to develop custom themes for Gmail. This style can be very useful as all CSS values are carefully commented.

Please keep in mind this is still a work in progress. All suggestions and feedback are greatly appreciated. If you want me to work on a particular feature in the next update, let me know. Please leave a comment here, or feel free to email me at globexdesigns(at)gmail(dot)com

Before you know it you have the Cadillac of web apps right at your disposal. Any other themes you guys like?

8 Responses to “Make GMail Prettier With This Kick Ass Skin”

  1. Nathan says:

    well thats pretty damn sweet looking.

  2. Nick says:

    Ooooo. I like it so far. Using it now!

  3. Zack says:

    Am I the only one who actually prefers the current Gmail interface to this one?

  4. ipodrulz says:

    No Worries Zack.. I’m with you on this one. Even though I think the current one is a little bland, this one is too much.

  5. Dolores says:

    I like gmail’s simple white theme. Its like reading mail in a void. Plus extra themes would take more time to load.

  6. SMeltn says:

    Not working for me. I use the Gmail notifier extension and just click it check my gmail, which takes me to the gmail site. But I am not seeing the color changes.

  7. Chowder says:

    yeah…I likey…thanks Dan

  8. I agree with you guys, I would rather stick to the plain way it is now. Anytime I try customizing things (desktop look, windows, IM), it ALWAYS gets corrupted in the end!

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