Ideally a Chrome add-on should display it (again to avoid adding another application). But I don't get the script to work and I guess security would be an issue as well.Īn unread count in the system tray will have to do if I don't manage to get the shortcut icon to update periodically.
So it was my idea to link it to an unread icon which automatically updates like this one.
It's of course possible to change the shortcut icon. And all of them work only if I allow less secure apps to access my Gmail account. Shellscape's Gmail Notifier Pro or Wavebox but they'll add another (unnecessary) icon to the takbar but will open the inbox in my default browser, not in the pinned window. There are a few stand-alone applications (e.g. I'd like the shortcut icon in the Windows taskbar to show the number of unread messages in my Gmail account (similarly to the badges of some add-ons). My tab favicon shows the number of unread messages (Gmail lab feature) but the icon created in the taskbar doesn't change or update accordingly. I've created a Chrome desktop shortcut which I'd like to continue to use for my emails (I can't or don't want to switch browsers because I'm using a number of chrome add-ons).
