Simpler Threads

You open a support thread and get one giant email. Inside it: eight replies from five people, quoted four different ways, the same signature six times, and the newest message somewhere in the middle. Simpler Threads splits that email back into the real messages and shows them as a short list.

What it does

• One row per message. Nested quotes from Gmail, Apple Mail, Outlook and ticket systems become separate messages. A message that shows up twice appears once.
• In order. Oldest on top, newest open. Click a row to expand it.
• Without the noise. Signatures, “Sent from my iPhone” and legal disclaimers are hidden. Show trimmed brings them back for that message.
• Shows who really wrote it. A message relayed by a ticket system shows the real author. Your own messages are marked (me).
• Stays out of the way. It only kicks in on threads with 3+ messages or 3+ people. Show original gives you Gmail’s view back, and a click on the toolbar icon turns the extension off everywhere.

Private by design

It only runs on mail.google.com and works entirely in your browser. It reads the conversation you have open from the page and sends nothing anywhere: no server, no Gmail API, no account, no analytics. Details are in the privacy policy.