Discussion on Gmail Unread Message Count in Favicon | Userscripts.org

Script not working?, replied by Levi Wallach

Levi Wallach — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:35:37 +0000

Still not working for me. All I see is the red M. I'm using Google Apps hosted domain, FF 3.5.5, Faviconize. It was working fine a week ago or so, and I haven't done anything, so I'm assuming it's the Google DOM issue, but I don't even see a zero...

Script not working?, replied by Eric Bogs

Eric Bogs — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:58:34 +0000

Hi all,

I've just uploaded a new version (1.0.5) which fixes the unread count again.

Thanks to Peter for bringing this to my attention!

-Eric

Script not working?, replied by Peter Wooley

Peter Wooley — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:37:59 +0000

Hey Eric. Gmail changed its IDs again.

I've been using the 'n0' class to reference the Inbox node for a while now and it appears to be holding steady. I have no idea when they'll refresh it, but in the mean time, I think you can change line 39 from:

this.inboxSpan_ = frame.contentWindow.document.getElementById(':r3').getElementsByTagName('a')[0];

to:

this.inboxSpan_ = frame.contentWindow.document.getElementsByClassName('n0')[0];

And the script will be back up and running. Here's to hoping Gmail can settle on their DOM for, at least, a little while.

Script not working?, replied by Levi Wallach

Levi Wallach — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:39:54 +0000

It's odd, my laptop at work this works fine with - even with 1.02. Running the same version of FF. The only difference is Windows Vista Business vs Home Premium...

Script not working?, replied by Drug0y

Drug0y — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:54:21 +0000

xp sp3 ff 3.5.5: not working for me

Script not working?, replied by Levi Wallach

Levi Wallach — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:08:08 +0000

Eric, I am now using your most recent version (1.04) but still not seeing any count, just the red M gmail favicon. I'm running FF 3.5.5 on Windows Vista...

Script not working?, replied by Eric Bogs

Eric Bogs — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:50:09 +0000

Something along those lines seems to be working, thanks for the lead! :)

Script not working?, replied by Peter Wooley

Peter Wooley — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:27:47 +0000

Wow, feel free to scratch that. :-p Had to go another way and access based on the class that's been stable for the last few months:

var frame = top.document.getElementById('canvas_frame')
if(frame) {
var nav = frame.contentWindow.document.getElementsByClassName('n0');
}

Script not working?, replied by Peter Wooley

Peter Wooley — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:03:43 +0000

Hey Eric,
I'm not sure I can completely trust this, but my current workaround is switching my call to getNavPaneElement() on the Gmail API to:

var nav = top.document.getElementById('canvas_frame').contentWindow.document.getElementById(':in');

I know trusting the ':in' id is a bit dangerous, but without that hook, I'm not sure what else we can do.

If you find a safer way, let me know!

Peter

Script not working?, replied by Matt Clark

Matt Clark — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:35:19 +0000

I'm on Win 7 and FF 3.5.5 and the script doesn't seem to be working. I'm using it via Better Gmail 2 which has a problem report here: http://groups.google.com/group/better-gmail-2-f...

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks!
Matt

Opera support?, replied by michoch

michoch — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 17:27:47 +0000

Hi,

I managed to run this in Opera using Greasemonkey functions emulator (http://www.howtocreate.co.uk/operaStuff/userjs/...) and giving it few changes, ie. changing load listener to:

window.addEventListener('load', function() {
  if (window.gmonkey) { // Version 2 Method, using Google's API
    window.gmonkey.load('1.0', function(gmail) {
      initialize(gmail);
    });
  }
}, true);

and changing this.getInboxSpan_ and this.poll_ functions to:

this.getInboxSpan_ = function() {
  return (typeof gmail != 'undefined') ? gmail.getNavPaneElement().getElementsByTagName('a')[0] : 0;
}
                      
this.poll_ = function() {
  if (self.getInboxSpan_() != 0) {
    self.checkCount_(self.getInboxSpan_().textContent);
  }
}

Although after some time (don't know exactly - approx. 30-60 minutes) it stops working (probably leaving no js error trace) and Gmail needs reload in order to work again.

Opera support?, replied by michoch

michoch — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 10:18:20 +0000

Hi,

seconded!

Thanks in advance.

Opera support?, replied by rdsu

rdsu — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 00:56:29 +0000

Hi,

Can you also support Opera browser?

Thanks

No "0" for zero, replied by Ronnen

Ronnen — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:50:41 +0000

Try other script, works great for me. (tho this one is amazing too)
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/24430

Broken in Firefox 3.5, replied by Levi Wallach

Levi Wallach — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:57:49 +0000

Ok, well, I finally figured out the issue. Apparently another firefox add-on that I use, Favicon Picker, was causing incompatibility with this script. Once I disable that add-on, the script works fine. Not ideal, but my main use for the Favicon picker is just to create custom favicons for my bookmarks on the FF toolbar. When I disable the add-on, these favicons remain, so you just need to enable it for when you want to add/edit these and then re-disable it afterwards.

Broken in Firefox 3.5, replied by Levi Wallach

Levi Wallach — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:51:14 +0000

This is one of my favorite greasemonkey scripts but it does not want to work in Firefox 3.5. It shows a count, but the count is not accurate.

No "0" for zero, replied by seanSF

seanSF — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:19:15 +0000

I'm finding the green "0" that's placed when there are no unread items a bit distracting. Is there anyway to not show anything but the normal Gmail icon when the inbox is all read? I tried messing with the "index" variable to no success. I also thought maybe you could wrap an "if-else" around the statement that sets the icon but I didn't see a variable in the array for a base icon.

Integration into Firefox Addon, replied by Michael A. Balazs

Michael A. Balazs — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:29:57 +0000

Hi Eric,

Can you please contact me privately at Michael.Balazs@gmail.com.

Thanks,
Michael

Icon Doesn't Update Fast Enough, replied by Eric Bogs

Eric Bogs — Mon, 11 May 2009 13:00:32 +0000

Hi Eitan,

Does the Favicon eventually update? How long are we talking here? 1 second? 10 seconds?

Thanks,
Eric

Icon Doesn't Update Fast Enough, replied by Eitan

Eitan — Wed, 06 May 2009 15:15:31 +0000

Hi Eric,

Great work on the script! The way I use my inbox is that I label and archive everything and then I star the tasks that I need to deal with. So after I've cleared out my inbox, the icon doesn't update to 0. Is there a way to fix this?

Thanks,
Eitan

Gmail Tasks, replied by jksk

jksk — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:55:56 +0000

This is a fantastic script.

Unfortunately, it's not compatible with Tasks from Gmail Labs. If I open Tasks or open a new Gmail tab with Tasks already open or minimized, the favicon updates as normal, but immediately reverts to the default icon (i.e., not the gmail icon, the default firefox icon). As soon as I close Tasks and reload Gmail, the favicon is persistent again. It's reproducible every time, though I haven't tried removing addons and such.

Change Icon, replied by Jeffrey Lo

Jeffrey Lo — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 03:42:23 +0000

Hey Eric,

This is a great script and has proved itself to work throughout the many iterations of Gmail's changes.

I was wondering if it'd be possible to change the orange chat icon to something a little more noticeable. The contrast and difference between the red and orange is too small for me to notice.

Thanks!

Jeffrey

'easily' see??, replied by Buggy

Buggy — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 17:42:43 +0000

fuck you, asshole

Only one icon if two Gmail accounts open, replied by Eric Bogs

Eric Bogs — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 20:02:44 +0000

New version makes it much easier to customize domain-color mappings.

Version 1.0 release 2009-03-14, replied by Eric Bogs

Eric Bogs — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 19:59:44 +0000

New in v1.0 [2009-03-14]:

Envelope icon flashes orange when you have a new chat message.
More granular message count: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20+, 50+, 99+
New green envelope icon color option.
Easier to customize the envelope colors for your hosted (Google Apps for my Domain) email accounts. 3 different envelope icon colors supported (red, green, and blue). Instructions on lines 14-18 of script.
Easier to customize polling interval if you encounter performance problems (default to 500ms). Instructions on line 22 of script.