jakepaul

Simplr

I wrote a lightweight extension to restyle the Tumblr dashboard as an excuse to experiment with Safari’s new extensions API this weekend. The idea was to make it a bit quieter and customize it for my own use, but since Apple made it so easy to package and release these, I figured I’d share it with any like-minded Tumblr users.

Here’s what it does:

• Helvetica instead of Arial.
• Renders type using Safari 5’s new -webkit-font-smoothing property.
• Changes the username links to the post permalink.
• Replaces the post icons with a simple sidebar menu.
• Makes the sidebar elements less glossy.
• Hides tracked tags, radar, and suggestions.
• Removes the gray border from the bottom of each post.
• Gives the rounded corners a hint of subtlety.

Plus a handful of other minor stylistic changes (here’s a before/after GIF). The extension only kicks in on the dashboard and other pages that share the same layout (group blogs, likes, drafts, and queue). If you’re a developer, feel free to grab the GitHub project.

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