New in Gmail Labs: Unread message icon • Hacker News Board

Re: New in Gmail Labs: Unread message icon

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Post by dcdan » Wed, Jan 26, 2011, 11:59 PM UTC

millerc wrote: post #64

This just in: cloud services discover biff(1). Within a few years we should have an OS. Sorry to be cynical, it pains me to see the whole state of computing thrown out the window everytime we reinvent new paradigms (none of which add substantial value). Hint: we'll progress when we start building over old assets, not reinventing them at every "guerre de clocher".

It also pains me to see how the web has forced us back a decade in terms of what's an impressive UI feat.

When your hands are tied, undoing a knot becomes notable.

Re: New in Gmail Labs: Unread message icon

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Post by dgudkov » Thu, Jan 27, 2011, 8:54 AM UTC

omh wrote: post #51

dgudkov wrote: post #50

Nice feature, but they'd better not show 0 when no unread messages.

That's exactly what they do. I'm not quite sure why you think it's such a bad idea though?

It's like having a sign that says "Nothing here".

Re: New in Gmail Labs: Unread message icon

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Post by joeshaw » Thu, Jan 27, 2011, 1:42 PM UTC

brownleej wrote: post #41

What I really want is something that can cause the icon to change when I get new chat messages. I frequently find myself unable to hear the soft incoming message sound, because I'm listening to something louder, and it would be nice to have a visual indicator.

I use this Greasemonkey script to do this. It works in Chrome and Firefox:

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/24430

It does the unread count thing, but it also toggles between it and the chat icon if you have unread chat messages. It's a must if you pin gmail tabs.

Re: New in Gmail Labs: Unread message icon

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Post by joeshaw » Thu, Jan 27, 2011, 1:49 PM UTC

natrius wrote: post #40

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 hate Google's multiple login behavior, so I just open an incognito window for my less frequently used accounts.

What do you hate about it? I like the idea, but I find it to be buggy and incomplete. Not all of the Google services work with it yet, mobile versions of their sites don't seem to support it at all, etc. If/when that's solved, I think it'll be an improvement over having multiple browsers open.

Re: New in Gmail Labs: Unread message icon

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Post by mhartl » Thu, Jan 27, 2011, 8:26 PM UTC

clemesha wrote: post #20

I find the 'unread messages count' to be extremely distracting when I'm trying to actually get real work done. Through the corner of my eye, I'm constantly glancing and thinking: did it just increment? Just keep your email closed until you get stuck on that hard problem, ha.

I actually have a filter that marks all my incoming mail as "read" precisely to avoid this problem. It might seem heavy-handed, but this solution works even when working inside Gmail itself.

Re: New in Gmail Labs: Unread message icon

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Post by brownleej » Fri, Jan 28, 2011, 5:00 AM UTC

joeshaw wrote: post #73

brownleej wrote: post #41

What I really want is something that can cause the icon to change when I get new chat messages. I frequently find myself unable to hear the soft incoming message sound, because I'm listening to something louder, and it would be nice to have a visual indicator.

I use this Greasemonkey script to do this. It works in Chrome and Firefox: http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/24430 It does the unread count thing, but it also toggles between it and the chat icon if you have unread chat messages. It's a must if you pin gmail tabs.

I've been using this script all day, and it's been great. Thank you so much.

Re: New in Gmail Labs: Unread message icon

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Post by natrius » Sun, Jan 30, 2011, 5:16 PM UTC

joeshaw wrote: post #74

natrius wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I hate Google's multiple login behavior, so I just open an incognito window for my less frequently used accounts.

What do you hate about it? I like the idea, but I find it to be buggy and incomplete. Not all of the Google services work with it yet, mobile versions of their sites don't seem to support it at all, etc. If/when that's solved, I think it'll be an improvement over having multiple browsers open.

For instance, I'm normally logged into my personal account, which uses Mail, Voice, Calendar and more. To use Mail with my work account, my current account in every service is changed, so my Voice Chrome extension no longer shows correct data, as well as other weirdnesses that I've blocked from my memory since I started using incognito windows instead.