An Open Source Gmail Notifier for Mac OS X
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An Open Source Gmail Notifier for Mac OS X
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Re: An Open Source Gmail Notifier for Mac OS X
#2I'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.
Re: An Open Source Gmail Notifier for Mac OS X
#3I just pin a tab in Firefox. Keeps me from compulsively checking my email, while still letting me know when new mail has arrived.
Re: An Open Source Gmail Notifier for Mac OS X
#4I'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.
Re: An Open Source Gmail Notifier for Mac OS X
#5I just pin a tab in Firefox. Keeps me from compulsively checking my email, while still letting me know when new mail has arrived.
Same, plus the "Unread message icon" option from the Labs tab in Settings.
Re: An Open Source Gmail Notifier for Mac OS X
#6I just use this in Chrome. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/google-mail-checke...
Re: An Open Source Gmail Notifier for Mac OS X
#7"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.
Re: An Open Source Gmail Notifier for Mac OS X
#8"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.
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).
Re: An Open Source Gmail Notifier for Mac OS X
#9"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.
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).
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.
Re: An Open Source Gmail Notifier for Mac OS X
#10I just pin a tab in Firefox. Keeps me from compulsively checking my email, while still letting me know when new mail has arrived.
Same, plus the "Unread message icon" option from the Labs tab in Settings.
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.