When Apple debuted the highly praised OS X, one of the inclusions was Dashboard, a utility that allows users to develop widgets to increase the functionality of their computing experience.
Since its launch, there have been many Dashboard widgets released, and some of them have been developed to increase the usability of Google and its services. One such widget, GPeek (pointed out by the Unofficial Google Blog), allows users to check their Gmail account for incoming messages from the comfort of their desktop.
According to the
developer's description, GPeek features the following:
Multiple instances so you can check multiple accounts
Three modes to suite all your moods: mini, long and full
Subject, sender, time and summary info for all new mail
Slick interface with intuitive controls
Check your account:
by time - every minute; once a day; whatever you'd like
by event - only checks when you check dashboard
manually - for those that fear automation
Easy access to Gmail - it will automatically log you into your account!
Auto-checks to ensure you have the latest version of GPeek
Lots of fancy DHTML goodness
Handy preferences so you can get it to work just the way you want
Integrated picture of the day
To ensure account information safety, the developer also ensured all communications between the widget and GMail was doing via a secure
SSL connection. Passwords are also encrypted.
If you are Mac OS X user interested in downloading GPeek, please
click here.
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