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."

You got mail!

[cwebb1977]

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

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.

Re:You got mail!

[ack154]

You mean "You've got Gmail!" right?

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!

Am I alone

[RLiegh]

in the fact that I've just been sitting on my gmail accounts and not actually using them?

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:No point?

[cbrocious]

It's to show your aversion to cut down versions of Windows that can only run 3 processes.

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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?

Re:new mail notification sound

[88NoSoup4U88]

Don't you think that your co-workers would be a bit amazed hearing Stephen Hawking say 'Do you need a bigger penis ?' from out of your cubicle ? :D

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?

Re:new mail notification sound

[Threni]

> it can play a sound when new mail arrives.

Does it play a sound when Gmail is actually released to end users?

Re:Swamped by GMail invites ?

[ElDuderino44137]

Damn stupid social interaction!

Just what I need....

[war3rd]

Another TSR. What's one more when you have 30 I guess...

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:You got mail!

[bloxnet]

Actually, it sort of can. A long time ago I had my outlook configured to play a wav of a girl saying "Die Bitch"...but I turned it off a short while ago.

Well, I installed the Gmail notifier, forgot how loud my speakers were set, and heard

"DIE BITCH" loud enough to make me spill my drink as I watched email notification pop ups in the right hand corner of my screen.

So as a warning to others and a reply to you...the notifier will play sounds for incoming mail.

For me, this article was a great and amusing way to start my Friday. Now I may buy a couple shares of Google stock!

Re:Am I the only one?

[TheBigTBird]

not One, not Two, but Many.

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

you want a gmail account?

[geekoid]

I can send you an invite for [puts pinky to mouth] one Million Dollars!