I thought the friend requestion new friend request notification was a little odd

so i changed it

basically what i did was i just replaced the text in start.php of the friend request mod

under if($count = elgg_get_entities_from_relationship($options)){

replace

"text" => elgg_view_icon("user") . "[" . $count . "]",

with

"text" => elgg_view_icon("user") . "<span class=\"messages-new\">" . $count . "</span>",

snow now instead of the ugly [1]

you'll have a nice