Twelve ways to make yourself a Gmail genius
by Darien Graham-Smith from Technology | The Guardian on (#2D6PM)
Transfer money, search more accurately, or engage with your appliances: tips and tricks to enhance and customise the world's most popular webmail service
Want to see more of your inbox at a glance? Click the cog-wheel at the upper right of the Gmail web interface, then select "compact" to reduce the spacing between items (you can also choose "comfortable" for a more relaxed view). You can also view more conversations per page: click the cog, then select "settings" to open Gmail's configuration page. Under "general", you'll see a setting for "maximum page size": increase to 100 and you won't need to keep flipping through pages to browse recent messages. If you don't like the way email exchanges are bundled into threads, you can also disable conversation view, to make Gmail list each email individually. Click "save changes" at the bottom to apply your preferences.
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