(Unfortunately, Google doesn’t currently allow outside clients to make VoIP calls without using a Web browser.) In addition, if you have Google Voice configured to use Gmail’s Google Talk feature, you can open a Web browser to your Gmail inbox and use GrowlVoice to kick off VoIP calls. You can place calls with any number associated with your Google Voice account right from the menu bar icon.
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The program also integrates with either Google Contacts or Mac OS X’s Address Book in order to assign friendly names and pictures to otherwise anonymous numbers.įor the most part, GrowlVoice works swimmingly, staying out of the way when it isn’t needed and popping up only when you’ve asked to be alerted of something. (Note that if you don’t have Growl or don’t want to use it, GrowlVoice also offers its own built-in notification system, though its options are less customizable.) A Suppress Notifications option lets you temporarily silence these pop-ups if you need some quiet time.ĭelving into GrowlVoice’s menus lets you mark messages as unread, archive them, or delete them, as well as view information such as timestamps, though the menus can occasionally get somewhat unwieldy. As with most programs that use Growl, GrowlVoice’s notification styles are tweakable via Growl’s own preferences-you can change the notification theme, colors, opacity, and duration.
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