the animation state `_running` sometimes stay `false` every time I call it about favico.js

[ejci]

Does it happen only for animation type 'none' or also for others?

[tiye]

I don't think so. I justed tried but animations with none slide fade all run into this problem.
And I got some logs, which made me think it breaks every time I set badge 0 after _running was set to true.

2014-08-15T08:23:26.108Z badge -> 0
2014-08-15T08:23:26.555Z badge -> 0
2014-08-15T08:23:26.659Z badge -> 1
2014-08-15T08:23:26.660Z running -> true favico.js:173
2014-08-15T08:23:26.669Z badge -> 0 <-- I think the problem is here.
2014-08-15T08:23:32.275Z badge -> 1
2014-08-15T08:23:32.276Z badge -> 0
2014-08-15T08:23:32.672Z badge -> 1
2014-08-15T08:23:32.939Z badge -> 2 

[tiye]

I think my issue can be fixed by resetting _running to false when I reset the badge. Global state makes me anxious, and I'm not sure if it would affect other parts of you code.
I want to send a PR if you think that line is OK.

/**
 * Set badge
 */
var badge = function(number, opts) {
    opts = ((typeof opts)==='string' ? {animation:opts} : opts) || {};
    _readyCb = function() {
        try {
            if (typeof(number)==='number' ? (number > 0) : (number !== '')) {
                //
                // too long...
                //
                _queue.push(q);
                icon.start();
            } else {
                icon.reset();
                _running = false; // <-- I added two lines here
                console.log((new Date()).toISOString(), 'running -> false, forced');
            }
        } catch(e) {
            throw 'Error setting badge. Message: ' + e.message;
        }
    };
    if (_ready) {
        _readyCb();
    }
};

[ejci]

Good catch!
Send a pull request I will test it and merge it to next version. And I will also make the repo smaller for bower.
Thanks

[amdprophet]

Any status updates on getting this merged?

[ejci]

Merged. I will do few more fixes this weekend.