I think I’m in love … add-on love that is, don’t get all dirty on me! As I mentioned earlier, I’ve been playing all day, checking out the many extensions that FireFox has. And I found one that I think is going to totally rule. It’s called WebMail Notifier.
The thing that’s so cool about it is that it will check all your email accounts for you. It supports Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail, and several others that I’ve never heard of. Plus you can make your own scripts for other email accounts that it doesn’t support.
Once you install it, a simple right-click on the icon in the status bar will open the preferences and you’re off and running. You may not be like me, with several Yahoo accounts, Hotmail accounts, and even a Gmail account, but trust me, having to sign in to them one at a time can be a bit of a pain. Fortunately, all my hotmail accounts are grandfathered in to Outlook Express – and I don’t think Express allows the formation of new hotmail accounts – so it’s been nice to have all my hotmail accounts in one place. However, Express can be a fairly big resource hog, especially since I keep it open all the time. But Yahoo has nothing like Express, so each account has to be signed in to, then out of one – at – a – time. I found a Yahoo mail checker for FireFox, and also a Gmail checker, but Webmail checks them ALL. At the SAME time! Woo!
When you right click on the icon, once you’ve set your preferences, it will show you which accounts have email and which ones don’t. You can choose how often you want your mail checked, if you want a visual or auditory alert – or none at all, and if you want your mail opened in a new tab or new window. How sweet is that? Try it, and let me know what you think! I’d also love to hear from you if you’re already a user!