##Screenshot
A new question notification in Chrome 6 in Windows XP
http://imgur.com/S8kSc.png
A new question notification in Chrome 5 in Windows 7
A new question notification in Chrome 5 in Windows 7 http://imgur.com/Yuzpd.jpg
The options page The options page http://imgur.com/LYJ9G.jpg
##About
I like to check StackOverflow for new questions to answer. I spend a lot of time refreshing the My Tags tab on the Unanswered page. Well, those days are over, I can now freely roam the Internet or even use other applications, whenever a new question is posted to my favorite Stack Trilogy site which has my chosen tags I get a Desktop Notification like the one seen in the screenshot above. If I'm interested in the question I click on the "New! Q" button next to omnibar in Google Chrome and a new tab will be opened with that question. UPDATE: I can also just click in the link on the notification itself! It's that easy!
UPDATE: You can choose if you want to see questions with any of your tags or all of them. You can also specify a list of Ignored Tags. Any question that has one of those will be ignored. All settings are made on the options page which you can get to by right clicking on the New Q! button circled below:
New Q! Button http://imgur.com/PbAMY.jpg
###UPDATE To Version 0.7
Fixed several bugs.
Added comment notification now if you enter you user ID on the options page you'll get notifications when people @reply to you in comments:
###UPDATE To Version 0.8 Fixed the bug where you received too many notifications when starting your browser. Your browser history is used to check what questions you've already viewed, so existing users must re-enable the extension for additional permissions. Tags that you use most often are suggested on the options page. Tags are shown in the notifications. Please tell me about any problems you find with this update. Thanks!
###UPDATE To Version 0.9 This update as well as 0.8.1 and 0.8.5 were mostly bug fixes. A few new things: The logo of the website is displayed as the background in the notification. Some CSS improvments to the notifications. You can load in your favorite tags by clicking on the suggestion. The notification goes away when you click on the link in it as requested on the Chrome extension page.
###UPDATE To Version 1.0 There is now a badge showing your reputation on the New Q! button. Clicking on the button now gives you a pop-up listing the questions and allowing you to pause/restart the notifications. This is useful if you need some distraction free time.
##How it works This is done with a Google Chrome extension which checks every minute or so for new questions with the desired tags using jQuery and the StackExchange API. If a new question is found a Desktop Notification is sent up using WebKit's implementation of the HTML5 Desktop Notification system. The tags and site you are interested in are set using the options page which can be accessed by right clicking the new "New! Q" button. These settings are stored in HTML5 local storage.
###License
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
###Download
Chrome Gallary: https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/bffhpbgmmflmoacglmdnilfjkeeokkfn
Source Code: https://sourceforge.net/projects/newq/files/
###Platform
Google Chrome (tested with 5.0.375.70, but probably works with slightly earlier versions) Windows/Mac/Linux
##Contact
Here or at sourceforge.net
##Code
Written in javascript,jQuery, and HTML in a google chrome extension. This is a work in progress. Feel free to improve it. I could especially use better icons. https://sourceforge.net/projects/newq/files/