Gmail Macros - Gmail Greasemonkey Script

Gmail Macros adds additional and very useful keyboard shortcuts to Gmail that can even combine multiple commands and let you select labels by typing starting characters.
It is potentially a problem that Gmail Macros only works with Mozilla Firefox and Greasemonkey, of course, and some details could still work better in Gmail Macros.

You can never get enough keyboard shortcuts? Gmail has many but certainly — not enough, right? Using the scripting abilities made available in Mozilla Firefox through the Greasemonkey plug-in, Gmail Macros adds a handful of useful shortcuts and improves those built into Gmail, too.

With Gmail Macros, pressing 'e' archives an email no matter where or what, for example. What's even better about Gmail Macros shortcuts is that they can condense multiple actions into a single key event. Pressing 'd', for example, marks an email as read and archives it in one go.

By editing the Greasemonkey script, you can customize existing and define your own Gmail Macros actions, though that requires some insight.

No insight is required for profiting from one of Gmail Macros's best improvements: selecting labels and special mailboxes by typing their names. Press 'l' to label a message using Gmail Macros, and a bezel comes up prompting you for the label name. Auto-completing from what you type, Gmail Macros selects and applies the appropriate label instantly. You can go to labels or places like the "Inbox" and "Spam" in a similar manner by pressing 'g'.

Of course, the need for Mozilla Firefox, Greasemonkey, Gmail Macros and Gmail itself to play well together introduces many a chance for things to stop working. But while they do, Gmail Macros works well and in a very useful manner. When they do not, there's always editing the script.