Currently, whenever there’s an inbox notification, we get notified using the text in the tab.
This is okay until you start pinning tabs, and the text disappears, and you stop being notified in the browser. You still receive system notifications - but I don’t think many people monitor those.
The way Gmail does this is excellent, as it gives you both indications in the tab text and the favicon for when there is unread mail.
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