# GHtmlMail

> Use Gmail's "Basic HTML mode" by default.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/ghtmlmail](https://chrome-stats.com/d/ghtmlmail)

## Overview

- **ID:** `ghtmlmail`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** kleiba
- **Category:** other
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Weekly downloads:** 1
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (2 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.0
- **Last updated:** 2021-10-31
- **First published:** 2021-10-30
- **Size:** 23 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/ghtmlmail/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/kleiba/ghtmlmail](https://github.com/kleiba/ghtmlmail)

## Description

GHtmlMail is a Firefox add-on that redirects Gmail's standard view to the Basic HTML mode by default. It restores the ease of accessing Basic HTML mode, which can no longer be set as the default view since October 2021.

## Rankings

- #73,091 — Overall
- #139 — html

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`
- `*://mail.google.com/mail/*`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Request access to the following domains: google.com
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/ghtmlmail)