Try chrome notifications bell icon.. which notify you for the following
google products gmail, google drive, google now...
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> I used to use an app from Google which would notify me when new mail came
> into my Google account. It also was tied into Google Chat and would allow
> folks to know if I was online. I got a new Machine here at $WORK and also
> at home running Windows 7 and now can't find the app. Google says they
> dropped it. Doing a search on Google oddly produces a bunch of links to
> apps not provided by Google. I don't want to keep chrome up constantly to
> have this available. Does anyone have a link to the Google replacement?
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> Although I end up keeping Chrome running at $WORK but on the home front I
> want it as easy as possible (less tech support calls).
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> On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 10:29 AM, john boris <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > I used to use an app from Google which would notify me when new mail came
> > into my Google account. It also was tied into Google Chat and would allow
> > folks to know if I was online. I got a new Machine here at $WORK and also
> > at home running Windows 7 and now can't find the app. Google says they
> > dropped it. Doing a search on Google oddly produces a bunch of links to
> > apps not provided by Google. I don't want to keep chrome up constantly to
> > have this available. Does anyone have a link to the Google replacement?
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> Google doesn't have one that is not part of Chrome. I'm using FIPLab's
> Alerts for GMail, but it doesn't tie into gchat. (Personally, I'm wondering
> how long before gchat becomes web/Chrome-only.)
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> From: Tom Limoncelli <[email protected]>
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> I use the Unix command /bin/true.  If it the return code is 0, I have new
> email.
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> But seriously...
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> Since I use Chrome, this plug-in (by Google) is nice because it finds my
> gmail tab for me when I click on it.
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> https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/google-mail-checker/mihcahmgecmbnbcchbopgniflfhgnkff
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> That isn't exactly what you were looking for, but hope it helps!
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> Tom
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> On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 10:33 AM, Brandon Allbery <[email protected]
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> > On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 10:29 AM, john boris <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >> I used to use an app from Google which would notify me when new mail
> came
> >> into my Google account. It also was tied into Google Chat and would
> allow
> >> folks to know if I was online. I got a new Machine here at $WORK and
> also
> >> at home running Windows 7 and now can't find the app. Google says they
> >> dropped it. Doing a search on Google oddly produces a bunch of links to
> >> apps not provided by Google. I don't want to keep chrome up constantly
> to
> >> have this available. Does anyone have a link to the Google replacement?
> >>
> >
> > Google doesn't have one that is not part of Chrome. I'm using FIPLab's
> > Alerts for GMail, but it doesn't tie into gchat. (Personally, I'm
> wondering
> > how long before gchat becomes web/Chrome-only.)
> >
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