I used Notifycon. It does what I need it to do and well enough lol

Wow, thanks a lot for the insanely fast responses. I did the things and it works beautifully. I can now completely shift to Opera knowing that the tab notifications work exactly how I want it to

I love Opera and am willing to use it if only there's a glow on pinned tabs when I get new tweets on Twitter or similar. Is there a plugin or a setting I can change do allow this?