If you use Gmail and have a keyboard with a numeric keypad, try turning on the Labs feature, and then turn on the “Custom keyboard shortcuts” gadget.
This will create a new tab under settings for your keyboard shortcuts. Following is a proposed set of shortcuts allowing for faster browsing and sorting, with what I consider a logical organization. Note that I’m not showing shortcuts for every command, only the ones I propose changing.
| Action | Key(s) |
| Back to threadlist | 4 |
| Newer conversation | 8 |
| Older conversation | 2 |
| Select conversation | 5 |
| Star conversation | + |
| Report as spam | * |
| Move to trash | – |
| Open conversation | 6 |
| Previous message | 9 |
| Next message | 3 |