On Wed, 2002-07-10 at 01:58, Jim Meyer wrote: > On Tue, 2002-07-09 at 01:09, Rob Brown-Bayliss wrote: > > > > > > Actually, I was wondering if this could be incorporated in the taskbar > > > > item for Evo. It would seem to make the most sense. > > > > > > > > Is that still doable? If so, consider yourself asked. =] > > > > > > Taskbar? Huh? > > > > > > No idea, can you change taskbar state? I suppose you can change the > > > icon? I dont use it, so i have no idea. > > > > Surely having an applet is teh better choice, that way people can see > > their mail status without having evolution running?
Why does it matter if evolution is running? > I wasn't suggesting it as a choice, but as another option. It's the > option which is most interesting to me. I tend to have Evo open from the > moment I arrive to the moment I depart; I don't care about whether or > not I have mail outside those times (I get ~400 pieces/day ... it's a > certainty that if I'm not reading it, I've got some to read =). > > It would also seem that working out something with the taskbar would end > up with code that could be incorporated in the applet, perhaps even > directly by putting that bit of code in a library the applet can be > built against. That feels more elegant than having to maintain the > mail-checking code in Evo and the applet. I was thinking just having a corba call from the applet to evolution-mail to get this info (or reverse though a listner object). The applet then just displays the result, nothing else. A basic api that could already be used (although not ideal) already exists and is used by the summary. _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
