Gmail Chat Notification Sounds

By Nathan Weinberg
Expert Author
Article Date: 2006-05-09

Download Squad points out a problem in Gmail Chat: When you receive a new IM, since it is in a browser window, if you are in a different window or tab, you may miss it.

There's a new Firefox extension they link to, called Gmail Chat Alert, that can help by playing a sound when a new message is received.

I think it isn't enough. The point of Gmail Chat is so that you don't have to install new software. If you're adding a Firefox extension, why not just install Google Talk, which is pretty light by itself? Yes, there are other good reasons why you'd want to stick with just the browser, but I think the notifications should stick to being browser-only. Why not a really tiny popup window that has notifications, and can sit, almost entirely invisible, anywhere on your screen?

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