Features:
* If a new message is received, a small pop up (or growl notification on Mac) will pop up showing who the message is from.
* If there is more than 1 new message received, the pop up will show the total new messages received.
* If you receive a chat message inside your Gmail, a pop up will display showing you who's talking to you.
* There are 2 different icons shown - blue for unread messages and red for no unread messages.
* Clicking the icon will take you to the tab with Gmail in it, or if no tabs are open with Gmail, a new one will be opened.
* Automatically detects users with Google Apps (custom gmail domains)
More information here:
http://lab.bandit.co.nz/scripts/jetpacks/gmail.htm
gchat, gmail, google, gtalk, mail, message, notification
Bandit
This Jetpack not only checks for new email messages, but also for new chat messages if you use the built-in Gmail Chat.
Make it more awesome!
Quickly and easily lets me see how far behind in my inbox queue I am, and efficiently adds more guilt when I see the notifications as the new emails come in.
When you have more than 100 new emails, the characters in the inbox count get cut off.
I hope to find it useful if and when I install it
Are you aware of the warning that appears when you click install? Is it a joke? Is this jetpack actually safe?
I would appreciate your reply as soon as you can to be able to try it!
A very nice feature set! Not annoying. Title preview. Chat notifications. A shortcut to focus the gmail tab in background (others just open a new tab). Unread message counter.
Would like an auto-login feature; configurable multiple accounts, configurable timeouts would be nice.
The version here is broken. Version 0.5 from the author's site Just Works.