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by andymitchell 1968 days ago
Turning Gmail into an infinite scroll like Twitter/Instagram. And grouping newsletters into topics to feel more like a RSS reader - https://www.getbreef.com

I start 99% of my emails with 'sorry' - I live in fear of going into my inbox, and so when I do it's a distinctly whiffy guilt laden experience, so I don't go in again for a while, and the cycle... well, you get the idea :-)

I've tried other addons to help (both using and making), but keep failing to invest the effort. In the end I went with "what's the simplest, speediest change that might have a lasting impact" and this was it.

It started as a weekend hobby in September, but I've been trying to polish it as more people have found it helpful. (This is hard work as I'm a dreadful aesthetic designer. It's more a case of 'monkey see, monkey copy the html').