This module extends the standard drupal block system with block groups. Each block group provides a new block as well as a corresponding region. Child blocks can be moved into any group region.
This module adds iOS-style badges to links displaying how many new nodes (or comments or users) has been added to the page since the last time the user visited that page.
You can for example add count badges to your taxonomy links, menu items or a link to a View of the latest comments or users on your site. Badges are only added to links that the user has previously visited.
The badges are added client-side through javascript and works well with anonymous users as well as with caching and the Boost module.
This is done by storing a page visit history in the browsers javascript Local Storage, and by generating a json-file server side that contains a list of timestamps for each path that the administrator har enabled counting for. This means we don't hit the database at all on page views. It should have very low impact on performance.