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Dev tools · July 18, 2019

Gmail Focus

A Chrome extension to focus on your email

Gmail Focus launched on July 18, 2019 with 104 votes, #299 of 3,007 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 7 years on.

What it does

Gmail focus masks the titles of all your emails except the first one, so you can go through your email without thinking what'll go next.

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