Trojita, the fastest Email Client - Gmail Setup Guide

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 I had recently switched to KDE from Gnome and was looking for an Alternative for Geary. I really liked how fast Geary was and neither Thunderbird nor KMail could act as a replacement for my need(Simple and fast). Before giving up for another Electron app, I gave a try to Trojita and immediately fell in love with its speed. It was blazingly fast to the extent even Geary could never match! This is a simple guide to setup Trojita for Gmail.  Sources: OMG Ubuntu Google Support Overview: You need to make use of App Passwords in Google Account in order to access Trojita through Gmail (The other way is to enable Less Secure App Access which doesn't sound inviting!). App Passwords, in turn, need 2-Factor Authentication turned on. After installing Trojita, you need to setup IMAP servers for Gmail. Turn on 2- Step Verification Set up App Passwords Install Trojita Logging in with Gmail 1. Turn on 2-StepVerification Open your Google Account . In the navigation panel, select Security...
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Try Google's Experimental New App Launcher

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Google is currently testing a new interface for its search engine. Its planning to replace the top black bar with a simpler navigation menu which is compact and includes fewer services.

This new application launcher of google contains the popular google services like Google+, Gmail and so on as above and looks similar to the chrome app launcher. If you feel this new app launcher makes your browser more spacious, here is the way to add it to your browser.

Warning: Please note that the experiment is only available at google.com and is only available for the english interface.

Chrome:

  1. Install the "Edit This Cookie" extension.
  2. Open www.google.com in new tab.
  3. Click "Edit this Cookie" button from the chrome bar
  4. Find the "NID" item and select it.
  5. Replace the "value" text with NID cookie value (given below) and click "Submit Cookie changes".
  6. Refresh Google's homepage

Firefox:

  1. Install the "Cookie Manager+" and restart the browser.
  2. Open Google in a new tab.
  3. Click the Firefox menu, Select the Web Developer > Cookies Manager+
  4. Find the NID value for the google.com, click it and select "Edit"
  5. Replace the content with the NID cookie value (given below) and click Save and then Close
  6. Refresh Google's homepage.

Opera:

  1. Open www.google.com in a new tab
  2. Right-click the page and select "Edit site preferences"
  3. Go to the Cookies tab.
  4. Find the Cookies value that start with NID, select it and click Edit
  5. Replace the value text with NID cookie value (given below) and click Save and then OK
  6. Refresh the Google's homepage.

NID cookie value:

67=oHEfS8MGXaWm_Flrt5IMfM-xodA4Uy-dfrbaA1_i8okZ0-z1ZhQ_BDXEkOnGuSjJcjbg-DfbCzVYfdUpyrCISVHBBLBgOcvfo1gmVcwh4W8Kb3Jbk87UCA2fVS8PwdldQgBtCm1Ejh0yseXcT0uqwVmGEertRm6d5BvDDnvxAkfUgg2bnWAK-GNjNbNxpa1lGA

You will now be using the new compact interface of google.com.

Data-source: Google System.

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