Windows only: When the AIR-based site-specific browser just won't cut it, GVNotifier.NET brings Google Voice notifications, one-click calling, and SMS to your desktop.
Unlike most clients, GVNotifier.NET hides away in your Windows taskbar and only pulls up small windows when you need them. You can click on the icon to bring up your recent contacts, and click them to bring up a call/SMS window on top. Or, if the desired contact is not in the recent call list, you can right-click on the icon to bring up a separate window where you can dial their number. And, when someone text messages you, the SMS window pops up in the corner so you can text them back right away.
The ease of use of this app is great, but we'd love to see a bit more functionality—mostly some sort of integration with Google Contacts. As of right now, if you don't know your contact's number (and who does these days?), there's no way to call or text any of your contacts that aren't on the program's "recent" list (in fact, I can't even figure out how the list is populated—it doesn't seem to be my most recently texted or my most recently called, although it does contain some people on those lists). It's still great to have the notification and quick-call features of a taskbar client, we'd just like to see a bit more.
GVNotifier.NET is a free download, Windows only.
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