#Get gmail on my desktop install#
#Get gmail on my desktop download#

YouвЂ™ll now find Growl for Windows and Gmail Growl in your system tray (the small icons next to the clock at the bottom right of the screen.) Right-click on the yellow icon of a paw with an envelope behind it and click on preferences (you might need to click on the small arrow to the left of these small icons to reveal the icon.) Now we just need to configure these simple applications to get new mail notifications.Д¬onfigure Growl for Windows and Gmail Growl Run through the steps of the installer and be sure that before you click the Finish button, that the Launch Gmail Growl box is checked.

#Get gmail on my desktop download#

After the short download finishes, launch the installer. YouвЂ™ll be taken to the developerвЂ™s website where the latest version should be apparent. Find the Gmail Growl box and click on the download link. Head to the apps section of the Growl for Windows website.

#Get gmail on my desktop install#

After running through the setup we need to install the add-on that will give you Gmail notifications. Instillation is simple, just head over to the Growl for Windows website and find the big Download Growl button at the top right of the website.Дownload the application and extract the files before launching the file called Setup. The solution is called Growl for Windows and it makes use of an add-on called Gmail Growl. This will also set your default mail application to Gmail so that when you click on links to send mail a new Gmail window will launch with the given recipient instead of Windows Mail or something you donвЂ™t use being launched. We have a more elegant solution for you that not only works on Windows XP and Vista, but it also offers push email, which means that youвЂ™ll be notified of a new email within seconds of it actually arriving in your inbox, instead of waiting up to 15 minutes to get a notification. Some of you might know of the Gmail Notifier, which is a first-party solution from Google, but only officially supports Windows 2000 and Windows XP and it only fetches mail, which means it checks your inbox based on an interval of time (usually every 15 minutes). Using a lightweight application in your taskbar will allow you to be notified of when new mail arrives, automatically. Luckily there are some simple solutions to rectify this problem when it comes to Gmail.

But wouldnвЂ™t you rather be told when you have a new email rather than having to check on a regular basis? One downside to using web apps like Gmail is that they reside online and usually donвЂ™t have any way of giving you notifications short of you actually going to the website and having a look for yourself.