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Helvetireader

Helvetireader is a userscript that pares down Google Reader to what I consider to be the essentials. In particular, it’s made for looking at just unread feeds in the expanded view, using Keyboard Shortcuts instead of on-screen buttons. It’s not going to suit how everyone uses Google Reader, so you can take the CSS and personalise to your hearts content!

All you need is a browser that supports userscripts (see below) and, of course, Helvetica.

via Helvetireader.

Tags: CSS, Firefox, Google Chrome, Google Reader, Greasemonkey, Helvetireader, Opera

Minimalist Gmail: How to Get Rid of the Non-Essentials

I’ve been running a Minimalist Gmail setup lately, stripped of nearly everything but, you know, emails … and I’m in love with its simplicity.

There’s something pure about having nothing but the essentials.

Now, some of you will recall a couple of other posts I did, and let’s quickly review them for background:

via Minimalist Gmail: How to Get Rid of the Non-Essentials.

Tags: Firefox, Gmail, Greasemonkey, Minimalist, simplicity, zenhabits

Use Firefox to Fix the Web’s Biggest Annoyances – Annoyances – Lifehacker

If you’ve spent more than 5 minutes browsing around the web lately, you’ve no doubt dealt with greedy webmasters assaulting their readers with awful ads and more—but Firefox makes it easy to take back control.

Blocking Unnecessarily Obnoxious Ads

Without question, obnoxious ads are out of control on the web these days—you can barely move your mouse across a page without ads moving around, popping up, taking over the screen or pretending to be a dialog window indicating impending doom if you don’t pay for a system scan NOW. These ads can be put in their place easily, using everybody’s favorite Adblock Plus extension. Lifehacker is, of course, an advertising-supported site—so we’d be grateful if you’d keep us on the whitelist—but it’ll do a charm for those flashing, pop-up-ing, overlaying, obtrusive ads all around the web.

via Use Firefox to Fix the Web’s Biggest Annoyances – Annoyances – Lifehacker.

Tags: ads, blocking, browsing, Firefox, Lifehacker