Big Dan
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This isn't such a big deal for people me who already run Google Talk or Thunderbird for Gmail notifications but it's pretty cool nonetheless.
Desktop notifications for emails and chat messages - Official Gmail Blog
Right now it seems to only work in Chrome. I've been using Chrome more and more this might be a reason to make the switch 100%.
Many of us are guilty of constantly switching back to Gmail to check for new messages. And if you’re like me, you’ve probably missed an important chat message because you weren’t looking at your Gmail window when it came in. If you use Google Chrome, these days can be over since we just launched HTML5 desktop notifications which display pop-ups whenever a chat message or new email arrives.
Desktop notifications for emails and chat messages - Official Gmail Blog
Right now it seems to only work in Chrome. I've been using Chrome more and more this might be a reason to make the switch 100%.