Gmail label scaling limitations

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Are there any issues with creating a lot of labels in Gmail?

Things such as:

Limit to the number of labels that can be created?
UI concerns?
Performance issues?
Conflicts with certain Labs features or 3rd party software?

I can think of two:

The label list on the left will be very large making it hard to find the labels you want. One solution is to use the Gmail Nested Labels Lab, which helps organize them.
The iPhone mail client will present labels as a flat list, so it may be hard to get to the ones at the bottom.

I'd like to know which limitations I may run into before I decide to use this method.

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I have about 70 labels in my Gmail. I am not aware of the limit ot the number of labels you can have... I use nested labels and label colouring - no problems. I have not noticed any other performance issues or conflicts with other features/software.

UI concerns... Yes, the list on the left is very long. However, I hardly even find that a problem. The visibility controls of labels are very helpful. The most frequently used/important labels are set to show, other used to show if unread, the rest - to hide. Then I use the search bar with label:[xyz] to navigate to more obscure labels.

Overall, I love the ability to create as many label as I like. Makes the management and use of Gmail so much easier.

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Gmail – Set Gmail label width

Edit:

Okay completely misread the question the first time. Let's try again!

This can be done using the stylish extension for firefox. Once installed (it's in the status bar) use it to write a new blank style. In the content area put:

@namespace url(http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml);
@-moz-document domain("mail.google.com") {

    .Bs.nH > tr > td.Bu:first-child > .nH { width: 250px !important; }

}

Obviously you can change 250px to however wide you want the labels menu. Save that and you should be good to go.

Gmail – Remove Important Label from Gmail

Go to Mail Settings
Go to Inbox tab
In the Importance markers category, select No markers
In the Inbox sections category, at Important, click on Options
From the dropmenu select Remove section

This way, you don't have the markers anymore and you get rid of the category as well.

Also, you might want to set your Inbox type to Classic.

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