Re: Mailnews future plans

[Ben Bucksch]

Matthew Thomas wrote:

> Nonsense. I shouldn't have to switch to a non-free browser just because
> I am one of those millions of users who switches between the Web and
> e-mail (or instant messaging) frequently, and who uses a display which
> is too small for a decently-sized biff icon in any place not covered by
> browser windows.

Web and email are completely different applications (which just happen 
to be both provided by Mozilla). Switching between them is a task of the 
OS, not Mozilla.

If the OS' taskbar doesn't provide any way to show a decently sized 
icon, that's the OS' fault. GNOME's taskbar is large enough (64px high 
by default, IIRC) and MacOS X' one is too, IIRC. Dunno about MacOS 9. On 
Windows, it worked OK in 4.x (which did use the Windows taskbar for biff).