Display GMail unread message count on the favicon

by Lee Mathews on January 3, 2009 at 10:00 AM

If you've always got GMail open in one of your Firefox tabs, you can't always see the unread message count - when you have a whole slew of other tabs open, for example.

Install the Gmail Unread Message Count in Favicon script for Greasemonkey, and that problem is solved. The script overlays the current count on Gmail's envelope icon and it will display even when you're not parked at your Inbox. It's nice to be able to keep tabs on new messages without tabbing back to Gmail.

The icon will also become brighter as the number of unread messages increases. You will, of course, need to have the Greasemonkey addon installed as well.

[ via Lifehacker ]

Tags: favicon, gmail, greasemonkey