The following simple script reverts the most significant one of the inbox ‘improvements’: it marks all inbox messages as read as soon as the inbox is closed.
// ==UserScript== // @name Stack Exchange: Automark as read // @grant none // @match https://*.stackexchange.com/* // @match https://*.superuser.com/* // @match https://*.stackoverflow.com/* // @match https://*.mathoverflow.net/* // @match https://*.serverfault.com/* // @match https://*.askubuntu.com/* // @match https://stackapps.com/* // @exclude https://chat.stackexchange.com/* // @exclude https://api.stackexchange.com/* // @exclude https://data.stackexchange.com/* // @exclude https://openid.stackexchange.com/* // @exclude https://area51.stackexchange.com/* // @exclude https://stackexchange.com/* // @exclude https://contests.stackoverflow.com/* // @exclude /^https?:\/\/winterbash\d{4,}\.stackexchange\.com\// // ==/UserScript== document.querySelector('.js-inbox-button').addEventListener('click', ev => { const target = ev.target.closest('.js-inbox-button'); if (target.getAttribute('aria-expanded') === 'false') return; const markButton = document.querySelector('.js-mark-all-as-read'); if (markButton.disabled) return; markButton.click(); }, true); 