// If you are building a web application, here's a nifty solution for alerting the your user of something new, like a new message or a reminder: 

Tinycon allows the addition of alert bubbles and changing the favicon image. Tinycon gracefully falls back to a number in title approach for browsers that don't support canvas or dynamic favicons.

See it in action and get it here http://bit.ly/YhEsk2