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Chameleon for Gmail

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Overview

Adds Focus, Privacy and Zoom lenses to Gmail for cleaner, more readable threads.

Chameleon for Gmail adds three visual lenses to Gmail: Privacy, Zoom, and Focus. Hide email text from shoulder-surfing, enlarge messages for comfortable reading, or switch to a clean focus mode for long emails. 🔒 Privacy Lens Scrambles visible text in your inbox and email threads using font-based obfuscation. This helps prevent people nearby from casually reading your screen. Hold to reveal individual messages when you're ready to read. Works with Latin and Cyrillic text. 🔍 Zoom Lens Scales email content to a comfortable reading size (up to 180%) without affecting Gmail's interface. Unlike browser zoom, Chameleon Zoom only scales the content you're reading - subject lines, sender names, and message bodies - while menus and buttons remain unchanged. Your preferred zoom level is saved automatically. 📖 Focus Lens Opens emails in a clean reading mode that reduces visual clutter and helps you concentrate on the message content. Ideal for long emails and detailed threads. How it works Chameleon applies visual transformations inside Gmail using CSS and font substitution, entirely within your browser. No email content is collected, stored, or transmitted. All lenses run locally and only change how the page appears on your screen. Your emails and Gmail account are never modified. You can activate one lens or combine multiple lenses at the same time using the floating toolbar that appears in Gmail. What Chameleon is not Not encryption - Privacy Lens provides visual obfuscation, not cryptographic security. Not a data collection tool - the extension does not collect or transmit email data. Not a Gmail replacement - it simply enhances how you read email. Permissions Storage - saves your lens preferences locally in your browser. Access to mail.google.com - required so Chameleon can apply visual lenses inside the Gmail interface. Built by Adaptive Message Views · chameleon.adaptivemessages.com

Details

  • Version
    0.1.3
  • Updated
    March 27, 2026
  • Offered by
    Chameleon Labs
  • Size
    96.87KiB
  • Languages
    English
  • Developer
    Adaptive Message Views
    Vase Pelagica 6 Novi Sad 21000 RS
    Email
    hello@adaptivemessages.com
  • Non-trader
    This developer has not identified itself as a trader. For consumers in the European Union, please note that consumer rights do not apply to contracts between you and this developer.

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  • Not being sold to third parties, outside of the approved use cases
  • Not being used or transferred for purposes that are unrelated to the item's core functionality
  • Not being used or transferred to determine creditworthiness or for lending purposes

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