Secure Gmail isn't user-friendly

For the last couple of days, my Gmail Notifier hasn't been working. Not an extreme problem, but a huge annoyance. After some trusty Googling, I came across this. So you mean to tell me that if I want secure Gmail, I can't use my Gmail Notifier? That's lame. Sure enough, I turned off the feature, and ta-da we're back in business. So, if anyone else is having this problem, this solves it. But I'm not happy about it.