New in Gmail Labs: Unread message icon

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Post by julian37 » Wed, Jan 26, 2011, 2:28 AM UTC

New in Gmail Labs: Unread message icon
gmailblog.blogspot.com

Re: New in Gmail Labs: Unread message icon

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Post by julian37 » Wed, Jan 26, 2011, 2:34 AM UTC

Appears to be based on this code: http://snipplr.com/view/29188/

EDIT: actually, it might or might not be based on it, but that code shows how to implement dynamic favicons, at least for Google Chrome.

Another edit: MikeCapone observed in another comment that it only goes up to "30+" so they might just be using 30 static images. But if so, why that wouldn't work in browsers other than Chrome 6+ and Firefox 2+ is beyond me.

Re: New in Gmail Labs: Unread message icon

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Post by citricsquid » Wed, Jan 26, 2011, 2:50 AM UTC

Huzzah, now I don't need this extension to do this for me. Rather off topic, but I really wish one day that gmail (@gmail.com and custom domains) supported multiple logins from the same window, I have Opera installed just for company email.

Re: New in Gmail Labs: Unread message icon

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Post by maurycy » Wed, Jan 26, 2011, 2:52 AM UTC

citricsquid wrote: post #3

Huzzah, now I don't need this extension to do this for me. Rather off topic, but I really wish one day that gmail (@gmail.com and custom domains) supported multiple logins from the same window, I have Opera installed just for company email.

http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2010/08/access-two-gmail-accou... http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/send-mail-from-another... http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answe...

Re: New in Gmail Labs: Unread message icon

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Post by jbri » Wed, Jan 26, 2011, 2:56 AM UTC

I had no idea Chrome had that "pin tabs" feature until I read this blog post. My tab bar is suddenly a lot neater without the ever-present Gmail/HN/SO occupying as much space as the stuff I'm actively working on.

Re: New in Gmail Labs: Unread message icon

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Post by MikeCapone » Wed, Jan 26, 2011, 2:57 AM UTC

That's nice. A couple years ago I suggested that they should do that for the GMail link on the Google homepage:

http://michaelgr.com/2008/11/17/google-homepage-feature-requ...

Re: New in Gmail Labs: Unread message icon

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Post by DenisM » Wed, Jan 26, 2011, 2:57 AM UTC

citricsquid wrote: post #3

Huzzah, now I don't need this extension to do this for me. Rather off topic, but I really wish one day that gmail (@gmail.com and custom domains) supported multiple logins from the same window, I have Opera installed just for company email.

I have three accounts in the same window, I can switch which one I use currently by clicking on the email address. Two of them are Google Apps accounts, and one is a Gmail account.

Re: New in Gmail Labs: Unread message icon

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Post by MikeCapone » Wed, Jan 26, 2011, 2:58 AM UTC

I installed it and it just says 30+

I wish it went up to 99 at least. I get about 150 emails a day...

Re: New in Gmail Labs: Unread message icon

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Post by citricsquid » Wed, Jan 26, 2011, 3:01 AM UTC

DenisM wrote: post #7

citricsquid wrote: post #3

Huzzah, now I don't need this extension to do this for me. Rather off topic, but I really wish one day that gmail (@gmail.com and custom domains) supported multiple logins from the same window, I have Opera installed just for company email.

I have three accounts in the same window, I can switch which one I use currently by clicking on the email address. Two of them are Google Apps accounts, and one is a Gmail account.

It doesn't seem to work for me, I can only use my gmail accounts, those using custom domains don't have mail "enabled" but if I login to them alone they work fine. Maybe it's a problem at my end then!

Re: New in Gmail Labs: Unread message icon

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Post by mcmc » Wed, Jan 26, 2011, 3:08 AM UTC

What's the point? How many people actually keep fewer than 10k unread messages in their inbox?