Hotmail Gadget: Look and feel seems to be the main complaint of the Hotmail gadget users. This gadget uses an embedded page from MSN Mobile which unfortunately cannot be controlled by the gadget's author or by the gadget user. However, if you use Firefox for your browser, you now have options available! Greasemonkey to the rescue! You can now download scripts which will:

  • Set a smaller font
  • Remove the Hotmail logo on top to maximize space
  • Remove the Hotmail ad near the top to maximize space
  • Remove the @ symbol which automatically appears at login

There is nothing malicious about these scripts - they are perfectly safe. Greasemonkey allows you to check the code before you install each one.

To download these scripts, you will first need:

  1. The Firefox browser
  2. The Greasemonkey plugin. Download it to your Firefox browser by clicking the green Install Now button on that page. You need to get this before getting the actual script because the Greasemonkey Add-in allows independently written scripts to be added to your Firefox functionality.
  3. You're almost done... Now you need to download one more thing: a Hotmail gadget "script". If you've never heard of these scripts, don't worry, they just become part of your Firefox browser functionality to help your Hotmail gadget look nicer. You can get rid of it anytime (see bottom of page). After you click on one of the links below, click on the black button which you'll see on the upper right, then "Install" in the dialog box. Then refresh Firefox and go look at your hotmail gadget again!

    All-in-one Script

    This script is a combination of scripts 1, 3, 4, & 5 below

    Description of Scripts

    Scripts 1 & 2: make the hotmail font smaller

    Without script
    		 Get the smaller font script
    		OR   Get the even smaller font script

    Script 3: gets rid of the hotmail ad near the top

    Without script
    		 Get rid of the ad at the top

    Script 4: gets rid of the hotmail header logo

    Without script
    		 Get rid of the Hotmail logo at the top

    Script 5: gets rid of the "@" symbol during login

    Without script
    		 Get rid of the "@" symbol during login



If you want to delete any scripts that you've added, in the Firefox browser go to Tools --> Greasemonkey --> Manage User Scripts

then click "Uninstall" when you've selected the script you want to delete.

Please contact us at hotmail@mysocialgadget.com if you have any questions or other script requests.