[Kde-pim] KMail System Tray Idea

[Abner Silva]

On Thursday 16 April 2009 13:58:04 Thomas McGuire wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Thursday 16 April 2009 04:24:08 ComputerDruid wrote:
> > Hi, this is my first list post, and my first real foray into KDE
> > contribution.
> >
> > I was wondering about a feature for kmail's system tray Icon:
> > I use gmail with IMAP, which has an "All Mail" folder as well as an
> > "Inbox" folder, and when a new mail arrives, 2 unread messages show up,
> > one in each. In the main kmail window there is the "favorite folders"
> > section which shows the important bits (but allows me to move the
> > messages to other folders, etc.). But in the system tray, it just shows
> > up as a number. So in this case, the number shown is generally 2x the
> > number of unread mails. So I was wondering if it would be a good idea to
> > have an option where only favorite folders are counted towards this
> > number. It isn't that hard to implement (I have a basic patch without
> > configuration and stuff) would this be useful in other situations outside
> > the gmail usecase? Is this worth including or is a feature that would
> > only be useful to me?
> >
> > My first attempt at coding this up (this works, but isn't as configurable
> > as I'd like):
>
> The code is ok, but the concept is not: Many users have disabled favorite
> folders and still want to see their unread count. I think the "act on
> new/unread mail in this folder" setting is the way to go.
>
> Another possible way would be to add a configure option, we still have some
> place for that in the system tray config tab. Something like
> () Show unread count of all folders (with tooltip explaining the "act on
>    new/unread option)
> () Show unread count of favorite folders
> () Don't show unread count

Sounds good to me. Another thing that would be nice to have is an option for 
detailed tooltip of trayicon. Nowadays it just says how many unread messages 
you have, but it could also show which folder (and account) has unread mgs. I 
just wonder what to do when too many folders act on unread count.

BR,

-Abner

> Regards,
> Thomas

-- 
Abner José de Faria Silva
INdT - Instituto Nokia de Tecnologia
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