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Google Reader Unread Count

By angus Last update Nov 25, 2009 — Installed 7,965 times. Daily Installs: 96, 43, 40, 26, 42, 19, 22, 38, 28, 32, 29, 32, 27, 32, 34, 25, 17, 23, 29, 11, 18, 14, 20, 11, 11, 11, 15, 21, 16, 41, 87, 107
Script Summary:
Display actual unread count instead of "1000+" in Google Reader
Version: 9

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In Google reader it will display "1000+" if your unread items count goes beyond it. This script will sum up the unread item of each feed and display the actual unread count.

Also supports Google Chrome.
Submitted to Google Chrome Extension Gallery, waiting for it goes public.

Latest version: Version 9 (25-Nov-2009)
  • Refactoring and optimization
  • Now will listen to each feed's unread count change and recalculate (Firefox only)

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Change History

Version 9 (25-Nov-2009)
  • Refactoring and optimization
  • Now will listen to each feed's unread count change and recalculate (Firefox only)
Version 8 (24-Oct-2009)
  • Issue #1 The node no longer has feed url, so use the node title as duplication check
Version 7 (02-Oct-2009)
Version 6 (14-May-2009)
  • @include uses top-level-domain (tld) conversion
Version 5 (20-Mar-2009)
  • Change the window title to "(1234) Google Reader"
  • Listen to DOMTitleChanged event (gecko specified) so can response faster window title changed by Google
Version 4 (12-Nov-2008)
  • Support Chrome
  • Fix the bug that didn't show the '+' sign in total if a feed has 1000+ unread items
Version 3 (04-Nov-2008)
  • Now work with Google Reader's new layout
Version 2 (13-Jun-2008)
  • Remove the button, change to refresh every 3 seconds, and will update the window title as well