[Kde-pim] KMail System Tray Idea

[Ingo Klöcker]

On Thursday 16 April 2009, Abner Silva wrote:
> 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.

Don't put too much thought into KMail's system tray. I expect it to be 
replaced in the near future by the already much more powerful Lion Mail 
[1] or some other Plasma applet using Akonadi.


Regards,
Ingo

[1] http://vizzzion.org/?blogentry=908
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