Gmail Unread Mail Link

By Thomas Chapin — Last update Jun 28, 2008 — Installed 520 times. Daily Installs: 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0
Script Summary:
Adds an "Unread Mail" link to your gmail sidebar. Works with the latest version of gmail, as well as gmail on google apps for businesses. This script has been tested with Firefox 3 and Greasemonkey 0.82 on Windows XP.
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RELEASE NOTES
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v1.1 (06/27/2008)
* Added an invisible iframe that would check for unread messages every 30 seconds
* Made Unread Mail link display the number of unread messages
* Made Unread Mail link activate/deactivate on selection
* Rewrote entire script so it doesn't even bother with the gmail greasemonkey API

v1.0 (06/26/2008)
* Initial release of script.

KNOWN ISSUES
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* Doesn't display number of Unread Mail in Firefox 2.
* "Unread Mail" sometimes doesn't appear until after you click on a different nav link.
* Number of Unread Mail messages is delayed and is sometimes false for a while.

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