http://milov.nl/2608 Weblog/photolog of Milo Vermeulen Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:24:07 GMT http://milov.nl/2608#comment12352 http://milov.nl/2608#comment12352 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:24:07 GMT There's a greasemonkey script, which adds a button in gmail interface and allows you to turn fixed font on and off easily: http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/37471 http://milov.nl/2608#comment8066 http://milov.nl/2608#comment8066 Fri, 13 Jan 2006 20:40:37 GMT I played with the CSS a bit and came up with some code that also makes the compose window have a fixed-width font. For easier cut&paste, get the code from http://stephan.walter.name/Gmail_CSS_tweaks http://milov.nl/2608#comment7900 http://milov.nl/2608#comment7900 Sat, 24 Dec 2005 16:11:33 GMT Thanks for your idea. There is my userContent.css: @-moz-document domain(mail.google.com) { body,td,input,textarea,select,button { font-family:verdana,arial,sans-serif !important; } .ab,.cd button { font-size: 100% !important; } .mb { font-family: monospace !important; font-size: 100% !important; } } http://milov.nl/2608#comment7806 http://milov.nl/2608#comment7806 Fri, 09 Dec 2005 06:10:15 GMT Hi, Yes it still works for me. Try editing the files manually: Go to Start > Run and type "%AppData%" without the quote marks. Navigate to \Mozilla\Firefox\Profile\Chrome and edit/create userContent.css, filling it with the code in post #13 above. Hope this helps, Hugh. :-) mailto:hughlilly##NOSPAM@GMail##NOSPAM.com http://milov.nl/2608#comment7786 http://milov.nl/2608#comment7786 Tue, 06 Dec 2005 15:51:01 GMT Very useful modification. I have had trouble making this work. I have copied the relevant text and used the mozilla chrome editor extension to insert it (I've tried both userContent.css and userChrome.css) but to no avail. Do I need to tell Firefox to check these files? Is the code still working for you all? http://milov.nl/2608#comment7754 http://milov.nl/2608#comment7754 Fri, 02 Dec 2005 01:45:22 GMT Re: oshady2, Thanks for the great code! How would one go about getting the composition textarea to also display in monospace? Thanks again, Hugh. ;) http://milov.nl/2608#comment7650 http://milov.nl/2608#comment7650 Sat, 12 Nov 2005 05:50:06 GMT We can do much better; @-moz-document url-prefix(mail.google.com/mail/), domain(mail.google.com) { /* the cell that contains the message, utils, ads */ td#fi { padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px !important; } font[size="-1"] /* print view */, div#msgs /* conversation view */ { font-family: monospace !important; font-size: 1.2em !important; } } http://milov.nl/2608#comment7359 http://milov.nl/2608#comment7359 Fri, 07 Oct 2005 06:18:06 GMT Just thought I'd give something back :-) http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2004Aug/0135.html @-moz-document url-prefix(mail.google.com/mail/), domain(mail.google.com) { div#rc { display: none !important; } font, div#mb_0 { font-family: monospace !important; font-size: 12px !important; } } http://milov.nl/2608#comment6768 http://milov.nl/2608#comment6768 Fri, 20 May 2005 16:17:14 GMT i waz just wondering how can u change the color or size or font of the typing if u no plz email to me how crazymagsters@gmail.com http://milov.nl/2608#comment5141 http://milov.nl/2608#comment5141 Thu, 26 Aug 2004 01:52:03 GMT used your code above in Firefox's serContent.css with no luck (Mac OS X, Firefox 091). Idea as to what I could have done wrong? Seemed so straightforward ... http://milov.nl/2608#comment5007 http://milov.nl/2608#comment5007 Fri, 23 Jul 2004 10:22:34 GMT fixed font size is a must to make CODE pasted as is in the body of emails readable. Not to mention, in text editors. Damn, it always scares the s**t out of me when I see some body using a proportionnal font in a text/code editor. http://milov.nl/2608#comment5006 http://milov.nl/2608#comment5006 Fri, 23 Jul 2004 09:50:39 GMT milov: you are absolutely right. I was reading 'size' in-stead-of 'width'. My mistake... Does this fix (or tweak) also works for HTML email messages or did you set your presence (if that is possible within QMail) to ignore HTML messages? http://milov.nl/2608#comment5005 http://milov.nl/2608#comment5005 Fri, 23 Jul 2004 07:25:58 GMT Woudloper: It's not about the size, it's about the width. I like the characters in my mail to be evenly spaced; I'm used to that from way back, when every mail reader used a fixed width font, that way ascii art etc. doesn't get all squished together. I even forced Outlook Express to use fixed width by setting its 'Proportional font' to 'Courier New'. http://milov.nl/2608#comment5004 http://milov.nl/2608#comment5004 Fri, 23 Jul 2004 07:16:21 GMT As I do not have a qmail account and I am a regular reader of your blog I would like to know what the use is of a 'fixed font size' for the mail? And indead 'EditCSS' is a must for everyone who is editing (and doing other stuff) with websites! http://milov.nl/2608#comment4999 http://milov.nl/2608#comment4999 Thu, 22 Jul 2004 07:48:31 GMT Web Developer Extension comes with it's own "Edit CSS". http://www.chrispederick.com/work/firefox/webdeveloper/ http://milov.nl/2608#comment4995 http://milov.nl/2608#comment4995 Wed, 21 Jul 2004 22:18:30 GMT *sniff* I've known Firefox since it was just a little Phoenix, standing no taller than 0.1... It's certainly grown up to be one fine browser. http://milov.nl/1594 http://milov.nl/2608#comment4993 http://milov.nl/2608#comment4993 Wed, 21 Jul 2004 22:11:52 GMT Yep, EditCSS is a must. damn, I love FireFox. http://milov.nl/2608#comment4992 http://milov.nl/2608#comment4992 Wed, 21 Jul 2004 22:04:15 GMT Neato... And add these two extensions to really make the most of it: http://extensionroom.mozdev.org/more-info/chromedit http://extensionroom.mozdev.org/more-info/editcss http://milov.nl/2608#comment4990 http://milov.nl/2608#comment4990 Wed, 21 Jul 2004 21:19:41 GMT Per user style sheets have been popular these days. Though the chances that that CSS rule may interfere with another site are small, I suggest you to try one of these extensions : * URIid ( http://extensionroom.mozdev.org/more-info/uriid ) which adds an id of the form www.milov-nl to the body tag of every page you visit. * MyOwnCSS ( http://www.raphinou.com/cgi-bin/myowncss/main.cgi ) does the same as URIid, except that the CSS are stored on an external server and shared between the users. In a way, it the del.icio.us of the CSS customization. Notice, that I haven't tried them yet, but I gonna install URIid and give it a try.