Minimalistic Mail

Being one who cherishes unobtrusiveness and minimalism (I collapse the toolbar on all OS applications), I was sad when version 2 of Mail came out and the drawer was replaced by a sidebar. With the new version I was unable to hide the drawer (with a quick and easy keystroke) as I was used to when it wasn’t needed. For most of the day I don’t need to see my folders as inbox is where all the action happens. When I needed to pull something out of the trash or look up a sent item, I would slide the drawer out, get what I needed, and then slide it back. This provided a simply, clean window that only displayed line-item messages.

With Mail 2’s new sidebar though, it is impossible to collapse it however. I have resized it before but not until last night had I discovered that it can be shrunk to the point where only the folder icons are visible. Although not ideal, it is closer to what I had before.