oipablodias / gifuc

Google Chrome extension to see how many unread messages are in your Inbox at the tab's icon.

GIFUC (Gmail Inbox Favicon Unread Count)

See how many unread messages are in your Inbox at the tab's icon.

Installation

Go to Chrome web store and click Add to Chrome:

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/gifuc-google-inbox-favico/pmjhnbcanebjkgkgieddinccembflgam

Or download the source code and install it as an unpacked extension:

1. Download the source code and unzip the file;
2. Open chrome://extensions or go to menu Window > Extensions;
3. Enable Developer mode;
4. Load packed extension... and select the unziped folder;
5. Open (or reload) your Google Inbox window.

Usage

Install the extension and access your Google Inbox account.

It reads the Gmail Atom Feed every 30 seconds to get the unread messages count.

CHANGELOG

[0.1.4] - 2015-07-23

• Bugfix: Fixed counter for more than 9 unread messages (thx Paulo Tavares)

[0.1.3] - 2015-07-11

• Bugfix: Now works with multiple accounts (thx djalmaaraujo)

TODO

1. Watch DOM changes to get rid of 30s loop?
2. Customize badge color? (useful when you work with more than one e-mail tab)
3. (...)

Contributing

1. Fork it;
2. Create a branch: git checkout -b some-feature
3. Commit changes: git commit -am 'A brief explanation'
4. Push to branch: git push origin some-feature
5. Submit a pull request

History

I'm trying to move from Gmail to Inbox and the lack of unread count was not helping. So I decided to write a simple extension to cover it until Google releases its own unread count.

Thanks to Extensionizr and favico.js.

License

MIT