Google Releases Gmail Notifier

Philipp Lenssen writes "After several unofficial, screen-scraping Gmail utilities, Google now released the official Gmail Notifier (Beta) for Windows. It will sit in the Windows tray, alerting you of new emails in your account (if you are lucky enough to have one already). Additionally, the Gmail Notifier can connect 'mailto:'-links in web pages to Gmail."

Comments

You got mail!

[cwebb1977]

When will it learn to say "You got mail!" ?

Re:You got mail!

[houghi]

Probably more like "You've G'mail!"

Re:You got mail!

[allism]

When will it learn to say "You got mail!" ?

When the IQ of the gmail users drops by about 50 points?

Why not a small Java app?

[tliet]

I mean, come on, Win32 only?

Re:Why not a small Java app?

[random_culchie]

I don't know why the parent was marked a troll because its a valid question.

The fact is for close integration with the operating system (like putting stuff in the tray in windows) is impossible to do with out using API's that break portability.

If you break portability what the point in doing it in java the first place?

Re:Why not a small Java app?

[bygimis]

You can indeed put a Java app in the Windows system tray. The same code will also put it in the Gnome system tray in Linux for example - all part of the Java Desktop open source tools at;

http://community.java.net/javadesktop/

Wow... Breakthrough

[Aceto3for5]

Now I will have an up to the minute report of exactly how MUCH spam im getting. And with a Gig of email space, I can learn about Coeds who want to show me thier cams, and low cost Ci@lis, maybe even learn how to start a buisness-- all without having to clear my inbox every two days.

GTRAY

[Yo Grark]

Gtray has been working FABULOUSLY for me.

Don't need to switch unless there are more options that google can provide; which from the website there isn't any.

http://torrez.us/gtray

Yo Grark

FireFox extension

[GizmoToy]

I've been using something similar as an extension to FireFox. It works pretty darn well, but you obviously have to keep your web browser open for it to work. This program might be pretty cool, I'll have to give it a shot.

For those interested, the Firefox extension can be found here:
Gmail Notifier

For Mac users

[jdwest]

Mac users have this http://homepage.mac.com/carsten.guenther/GmailStat us/ as a freeware option.

Google being evil already?

[tehcyder]

I bet this has caused some confusion in /. readers minds.

Google...good

Windows...evil

Windows only Google app...does not compute!

Swamped by GMail invites ?

[vi (editor)]

I wonder if someone here has the same problem as me: I get constantly swamped with GMail invites. Far too much people are sending me these stupid invites and it's really getting on my nerves.
Well, it was fun for the first 20 or so, but now it's really annoying. Even people I just remotely know are sending me this stuff.
I usually sign them up with bogus data just to stop this madness but it doesn't really work.
Does anyone know when Google is stopping its beta test ? I hope soon otherwise I see a nervous breakdown coming.

Re:Swamped by GMail invites ?

[saderax]

Well, it was fun for the first 20 or so, but now it's really annoying. Even people I just remotely know are sending me this stuff.

What's your email address?

Gmail Notifier

[Stypen]

This is something that has been in the fires for a while for Firefox users. Doron Rosenberg authored an extension that allows the same functionality. You can find it here.

That's a good idea, but

[bwalling]

What I'd like to see is a little app to sit in the system tray and let me know when I'll get a GMail account.

Re:new mail notification sound

[ptr2004]

With so many applications wanting to put themselves in the tray. I think its about time we had a super tray. The super tray will notify us when something important in the regular tray is happening