Maia:

I am using the "Unread" function of Liferea. Therefore, ALL unread items
are listed there once I've opened the program-window.

Because of that, my proposal is that all feed-indicators simply open the
main Liferea window like the main indicator-entry "Liferea" does.

Here's why: We simply do not know how a user has setup his/her Liferea.
For example: If someone clicked on a specific feed entry now, you force
Liferea to show the headlines only of that specific feed-entry. But
people (like me!) have setup their Liferea without any left pane, so
that clicking a specific feed opens up the list of recent articles of
that feed - but without left pane I am left to wonder what that feed
actually was.

I have never used single-feed view in Liferea - therefore I was really
irritated when I clicked on a feed and my beloved feedreader showed me a
strange view of some feeds that were clearly not from the global
"Unread" category I saw last when closing Liferea before.

Right now, you'e basically f* with the user's experience because Liferea
opens up in a way in which they did not leave it behind the last time
they viewed their feeds. When closing Liferea, it remembers which view
had been selected last, which panes are visible etc. Therefore, your
indicators MUST also open up Liferea in the same way users left it.
Otherwise you're confusing people - like me. :)

The possible solutions I see are:
a) Perceive the specific feed-entries in the indicator-applet merely as simple 
previews of what's new. But clicking them only opens the main Liferea window 
(like the user left it!) just as if they had clicked the main Liferea entry in 
the indicator-applet.
b) Completely kick out the specific feed-sources listing in the 
indicator-applet and simply show the line:
"[ICON] Liferea            (123)"
So basically the main Liferea entry in the indicator applet, but with the total 
sum of new, unread feeds listed in brackets behind it. Clicking it also must 
only open the main Liferea window like the user left it behind.

What do you think?

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liferea should be added to the indicator applet
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/540490
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