How to Save Time with Facebook and Gmail: Xoopit

I love time saving applications and plug-ins and I’ve just found a way to integrate two of my favorites: Facebook and Gmail. Xoopit (pronounced Swoop-It) allows users to both see and set Facebook status messages, and view profile photos all while reading their email.

There are lots of time saving possibilites with this new application but I will have to agree with my friends at ReadWriteWeb that:

“The best part of this plugin is that when you email with people who are also on Facebook, those messages will now also include their Facebook profile photos and status messages.These appear in Gmail’s right-hand sidebar. Underneath each person’s name is a link to “Recent Mail” and “More Info.”Clicking on “Recent Mail” takes you out of the message you’re in to a Gmail search for that person’s email address (or addresses). The “More Info” button, though, just expands the box in the sidebar to display the latest attachments sent to you by that person”

Xoopit is free to download and use. However, it is only available for Gmail users (sorry Yahoo mail lovers).