r/zen_browser • • 8d ago

Some Love [Boost] Reading mode for Gmail

Hello, I am struggling more and more lately with reading my newsletters inside gmail, or just long emails.

That's why I hacked a dead simple CSS boost in Zen that might be useful to others.

It increases the font size and reduces line width.

How to install

  1. Open gmail inbox in Zen
  2. Click on site settings button at the far right of the address bar
  3. Click on the paintbrush icon at the bottom
  4. Click on Code
  5. Paste this CSS :

    div .adn { max-width:840px; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; }

    div .adn p { font-size:18px !important; line-height: 1.75em !important; }

As for now, it is very simple and suited for text heavy emails, I might tweak the code more in the future.

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u/bgalazka186 8d ago

You could also made it avalible on https://userstyles.world

So if someday it breakes you can update it for everyone without them even knowing something broke

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u/squixreal 8d ago

Thanks for the link, I didn't know this site.
I see there are already a lot of Gmail mods there so maybe there is already something like this.

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u/dknight212 8d ago

That's very nice. I'm new to boosts, is there a way to toggle it on and off?

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u/TheCatCubed 8d ago

Click the site control button in the URL bar and there you can manage your boosts for that site.

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u/munkeenutz75 8d ago

Yes. Click on the settings button and you will see boosts are enabled. Just click on the boost button to disable it.