There may come a time when human civilization realizes there is a such thing as being ‘too connected’. The combined updates of Twitter and Facebook, however, are enough evidence to come to the conclusion that mankind is currently far from making that deduction.
A recently developed add-on for Mozilla’s Firefox web browser, for instance, is a perfect example of how as a species humans are constantly looking for more effective ways of staying ‘plugged in’.
WebMail Notifier is an add-on available through the Mozilla.com web site which will manage all of a person’s multiple email accounts and social networking accounts. This add-on will notify a person of incoming messages from any of those other sites, and it’s easy to use.
The quickest way to get it is to choose the Tools option along the top of the browser window. Then click the Add-ons option, which will open the add-on manager window. Click Get Add-ons and just underneath that enter WebMail Notifier into the search field.
From there it’s a simple matter of following instructions to get the feature up and running. The application supports Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo, Excite, and on and on. Just enter those addresses and passwords for your other accounts, and this thing will spend all day making sure you know when a new message has arrived.
And it doesn’t stop there. Just in case you were worrying about when your uncle Ted was going to finish mowing the lawn and turn on some M.A.S.H. reruns, this application can also let you know when his Facebook status changes.
One drawback to consider comes from a user review and points out that this application does not support email coming from POP3 or IMAP email accounts. That means certain work emails and other types of accounts coming from secure and non-public servers might not work right.
