Gmail Notifier (AKA down with Outlook Express)

If you are like me, you probably never use Outlook Express for windows. Tell me if this scenario sounds familiar: When you click an email address link while browsing on the net (i.e. Craigslist or any email on a Contact list for instance) Outlook automatically pops up because it is the default email provider for windows users. This becomes rather obnoxious because you never set up an Outlook account because it is just a waste of memory and is a vestigial product in the Microsoft Office Package. So what ends up happening when you want to send an email to the said email address is this:  you must highlight and copy the desired email address, open a new tab or window, go to your email, click compose new email and paste the copied email into the “To:” box. Doing this once is not so bad, but when applying for jobs or contacting multiple emails this process gets old very quickly. Is this sounding familiar?

Gmail Notifier

Luckily for us, there is an easier way! Google offers a product called Gmail Notifier and it can be downloaded right here for PC or here for MAC users. Gmail Notifier is in no way a new product, but most people don’t know it even exists. This product is very small (292Kb for windows and 1.08Mb for MAC) and downloads almost instantly. The installation takes only seconds as well and best of all IT IS FREE! This product completely replaces all of the functions of Outlook and any Gmail account can be used. The entire process should take less than 2 minutes! So now when you click on an email link while browsing, Gmail Notifier will automatically assume that you are using your Gmail account to reply. This means that there will be no more cutting and pasting and opening of new windows in order to reply to posts. All you have to do is click it!

Gmail Notifier automatically opens when you start windows so you are always logged in and have this ease of access available. It can also show up at the bottom right of your task bar (it will look like an envelope) and can be set so that a tiny popup appears when new email arrives. To open your Gmail account all you have to do is double click the icon and your default browser will open directly to your email. Unless you are using Outlook for some odd reason or haven’t converted your outdated hotmail or Yahoo! email to Gmail, then there is really no reason to not have this awesome software!

A more in depth description of installing the product: more about Gmail Notifier

Or check out Gmail Notifer help from Google: Google Notifier Help

And always check out Google’s Blog for a huge assortment of awesome stuff you can do with Google products: Google Blog