New property proposal for StatusNotifierItem protocol: Label

[Sebastian Kügler]

On Tuesday 10 August 2010 18:05:30 Aurélien Gâteau wrote:
> > looking at the use cases provided, is there really a need for such
> >  text?
> > 
> >
> > for plasma, the battery is a proper plugin / applet. (and even then, by
> > default it doesn't show text in the tray.) for the rest of the entries,
> > we rely on graphical cues for status change and the tooltips to
> > communicate details. is it important to see that you have 1045 emails at
> > all times in the system tray? i also wonder how an email client would
> > give a useful
> >
> >  LabelGuide (i suppose it wouldn't)
> 
> This is up to the application to decide. KMail can already show this
> message count. I agree for you and me this information has little value.
> It is very different for people who receive 2 or 3 mails a day.

Most likely, we won't use KNotifierStatusItem for KMail's message indicator, 
but a proper Plasmoid though -- Lion Mail. The email count is currently in a 
tooltip, and I think that works nicely.
-- 
sebas

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