Overview

The FastMail web client is fantastic, but has a few UX/UI quirks that could be improved:

• Common keyboard shortcuts (opens new window) are not exactly intuitive
• The editor component does not properly support indented text (opens new window)
• The main menu takes too many clicks to switch accounts

Improvements

Better UI

Folders

• Nesting indentation is more obvious

Editor

• Blockquote styling has been reset so indents look like indents (and not quoted replies)

Main Menu

• Switch users directly from the main menu dropdown

Better shortcuts

Note that Mod (short for “modifier”) is Cmd on Mac and Ctrl on PC

List navigation

• Up - Previous item
• Down - Next item
• Backspace - Delete item

List selection

• Shift+Up/Down - Expand/contract selection
• Space - Toggle item selection
• Escape - Cancel selection

Archiving

• Mod+Up - Archive mail item and read previous
• Mod+Down - Archive mail item and read next

Folders

• Alt+Up - Previous folder
• Alt+Down - Next folder
• Alt+Left - Close folder
• Alt+Right - Open folder

Editor

• Tab - Indent blockquote / list item
• Shift+Tab - Outdent blockquote / list item

Main menu

• Mod+Click “Switch Users” - add new user
• Click new user - switch to user
• Mod+Click new user - delete user

Installation

To install, visit the Chrome Web Store and click the "Add to Chrome" button:

Note that you'll need to reload any loaded FastMail pages after installation.

And if you make use of extension and like it, please consider leaving a review – it really helps with visibility!

Links

• Chrome Web Store (opens new window)
• GitHub (opens new window)