An Open Source Gmail Notifier for Mac OS X

http://ashchan.com/projects/gmail-notifr

by yehanyin • 12 years ago

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I'm using MailTab Pro, which does notifications as well as presenting a mobile web view of the gmail website. I actually end up doing a lot of my email writing and processing directly from the web view because it's so much faster than the full Gmail site.

adwf2• 12 years ago

I just pin a tab in Firefox. Keeps me from compulsively checking my email, while still letting me know when new mail has arrived.

kozhevnikov• 12 years ago

Same, plus the "Unread message icon" option from the Labs tab in Settings.

adwf2• 12 years ago

Thanks, I didn't know about that one; haven't checked the labs in a while. Also found a preview pane feature which I'm going to test out.

abrowne• 12 years ago

I've been using (G)Mail Notifir[1] for a while, and got the current version for free when it first came out. If I hadn't, I'd pay the $3, FWIW.

[1]: It was originally called Gmail Notifir.

Sarkie• 12 years ago

I just use this in Chrome. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/google-mail-checke...

cincinnatus2• 12 years ago

"Real-time email notifications considered harmful"

Seriously, if your daily activities require actual thought, turn all that shit off. If you need to know when a critical email shows up from time to time or from specific people, find a tool that does that or wire one together yourself with IFTTT and a push notification service. Your flow will thank you.

ashchan• 12 years ago

Gmail Notifr allows one to set a larger check interval than 'real-time'. As the author of the app, I set my accounts to check every 120 min (work) and 240 min (personal).

cincinnatus2• 12 years ago

That is a start, but any interruption at any time can be disruptive, and email is a particular problem.

What would be handy in a tool like this is being able to set up what I described above; normally don't ever notify me, but allow me to turn on real-time notifications for particular people on demand, or other rules for knowing when it makes sense to interrupt.

zippergz• 12 years ago

For me it's not about getting real time notifications, but about being able to quickly see if I have any messages without having to keep a gmail browser window open all the time. I actually find that I spend LESS time looking at email when I have Notifier running, because I'm not compelled to keep looking at a full Gmail window to see if I have anything. I can easily ignore it most of the time, and when I do want to see if I have anything, I can see it in a half second glance.

fananta• 12 years ago

We built Chime to keep us from having copious pinned tabs. Let me know if any of you find it useful. http://chimeapp.com

listic• 12 years ago

Doesn't Ubuntu have similar notification widget?

An Open Source Gmail Notifier for Mac OS X

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