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Gmail FavIcon Alerts 2.5

Alerts you to the status of your Gmail Inbox through distinct FavIcons.

A Blue icon lets you know you have mail
A Red icon means you've read all your mail (or, at least, clicked on them all!)
A Flashing Orange icon means someone has sent you a chat message

Used in combination with the PermaTabs and Faviconize Tab extensions, you can easily keeps tabs on your Inbox status in much less screen real estate than usual.

Version 2.5 has been rewritten from the ground up. Originally built by David Alan Schoonover and retro-fitted nearly a year after production ceased on the project, this latest version solves many of the existing bugs and introduces new and updated capabilities, such as:

The FavIcon now stays up-to-date no matter what folder you're in (Inbox, Starred, Trash, etc.)
The script utilizes Gmail's GreaseMonkey API, increasing the script's speed and reliability
Google Apps for Your Domain Gmail Accounts are now supported at their default location (ex. http://mail.google.com/a/[url])
Icons have been updated and are now embedded in the script, so no external resources are required

This version has been tested to work in Firefox 2, 3 Beta 5, & 3 RC 1 on PC and Mac. As always, please let me know of any issues you run into. In addition, any feature suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Jun 6, 2008 georgie Scriptwright	Yeah, it is truly adding some spice to my actual Gmail experience by now... thought you to be little interested in the problems I had with the script, but happy to see you care and made a working one then!

Jun 5, 2008 Peter Wooley Script's author	@georgie That's a happier ending than last time. Still have no idea what was causing the issues, but no matter: all's better now!

Jun 3, 2008 georgie Scriptwright	Here as well - happily seeing a blue icon now (and no blinking orange one as before/the red one when chat is disabled). Good thing, good thing!

Jun 3, 2008 Peter Wooley Script's author	@Bouphecr I'm glad it's finally working! Glad to know you can see your unread messages!

Jun 2, 2008 Bouphecr Scriptwright	Hadn't been working before, but now flawless, really great. Now I am able to see unread messages, finally:-)!

May 28, 2008 Peter Wooley Script's author	@Sam Moore, @georgie Since you've been having issues that I can't seem to solve in this current release, I'd really like to see if the new version I'm working on, which has been wholly re-written will work on your systems. If you wouldn't mind testing it out, drop me a line at http://peterwooley.com/contact and I'll get you a copy of the new source. Thanks!

May 20, 2008 Sam Moore User	I don't have any unread chat messages, but my icon is flashing orange. What could be the problem?

Apr 8, 2008 georgie Scriptwright	Hey Peter, all should be fine - I have the latest Greasemonkey, the latest version of your script, and a standard Gmail Account (though with different accounts managed from that, i.e. different e-mail addresses, but not for my domain). I wouldn't know what keeps it from working....

Apr 6, 2008 Peter Wooley Script's author	@georgie That build should definitely be supported. I tried the script on a few other like machines, and a Mac, just for kicks, and was always able to get it to work. Which leads me to a couple more questions: Are you using the latest GreaseMonkey (the script should alert you, if you're not, but I thought I'd ask) and are you using a Google Apps for your Domain account, or a typical Gmail Account? Thanks for helpin' me fix this!

Apr 3, 2008 georgie Scriptwright	Hi Peter, I am Windows XP SP2 and using Firefox 2.0.0.13 - hope that helps:-)....

Apr 3, 2008 Peter Wooley Script's author	@georgie Could you let me know what browser and version you're working with, as well as the platform? It's odd that it's not working at all, but I bet we can figure it out. Thanks!

Apr 2, 2008 georgie Scriptwright	Does not work even if all other extensions and scripts are disabled.

Apr 2, 2008 georgie Scriptwright	At least sounds like a cool script. It however does not work on my machine it seems. Possibly a conflict with another script or extension?