There's also a Gmail Labs feature to display unread message count in the favicon ("Unread message icon by Manu C"). That is both super-useful and fixes the favicon issue.
Gmail Favicon Issues
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Re: Gmail Favicon Issues
#22There's also a Gmail Labs feature to display unread message count in the favicon ("Unread message icon by Manu C"). That is both super-useful and fixes the favicon issue.
That's exactly what the article says no?
Re: Gmail Favicon Issues
#23That is the favicon for the Google Apps Admin Console - https://admin.google.com/ . I suspect the bug only happens for Google Apps accounts (it happens on my Google Apps, not on my personal Gmail).
I thought I read that it shows up for a google app account that is also the domain administrator. But I'm not sure if this is true or not. I wouldn't say this is a "fix" as much as it's a work around for showing that other favicon.
Re: Gmail Favicon Issues
#24I stopped using the "Unread Message Icon" a while back because it would often get "stuck". How does a screw-up like this go unfixed for so long anyway? It's been at least a week. It's only a favicon!
Re: Gmail Favicon Issues
#25This happened to my work email tab, but not my personal email tab, so now I can finally tell them apart!
My work gmail and personal gmail have always had slightly different icons for some reason:
Re: Gmail Favicon Issues
#26There's also a Gmail Labs feature to display unread message count in the favicon ("Unread message icon by Manu C"). That is both super-useful and fixes the favicon issue.
That's exactly what the article says no?
Dammit, I completely read the article wrong. Labs wasn't capitalized, so I didn't grok it correctly. Well, it saves you clicking on the article if you just came straight to the comments...
Re: Gmail Favicon Issues
#27I just noticed that Gmail has reverted that cog icon and replaced it with good old envelope image. Power of an HN thread may be?