notewhal

notewhal is a software tool developed in order to help people check their accounts, using Reddit and IMAP4 protocols, at a custom period of time.

The installation process does not take very long, as it does not offer to add any products that are not actually required for the program to work properly. After you are done with it, you come face to face with a minimal and clean GUI, as it consist of a menu bar, several buttons and a pane in which to display information, input and configure it.

In addition to that, Help contents are integrated, thus ensuring that both power and novice users can find their way around it without problems.

This utility enables you to set up an unlimited number of accounts, as well as input the time interval at which to automatically check for new messages, select a WAV file for the sound notification and an image for the icon.

In order to create a new profile, you are required to add a name, choose the protocol you require, provide your login credentials (username and password) and select a color for the icon when a new message is detected.

Last but not least, you can change the profile priority, edit them at any point and send the app to the system tray, thus rendering it non-obtrusive. From the systray context menu, you can view the apps status, check for messages, open the dashboard or simply exit.

To wrap it up, notewhal is a pretty simple, yet efficient piece of software which enables you to periodically check several accounts. The interface is suitable to all users, the response time is good and the system’s performance is not going to be affected. In case you want to bypass the installation process, you can try the portable edition, called Portable notewhal.