Google Reader Unread Count

By angus Last update May 14, 2009 — Installed 4,794 times.
Script Summary:
Display actual unread count instead of "1000+" in Google Reader
Version: 6

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

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Change History

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