** Summary changed: - Indicator-Messages should turn blue when new emails land in Thunderbird + Thunderbird's messaging menu highlight helps some people but not many
** Description changed: - When new emails arrive in Thunderbird, two things should happen: - 1.) the Indicator-Messages icon in the panel should change color to blue - 2.) the "Inbox" entry within the Messaging Menu should change color to blue + By default, when new emails arrive in Thunderbird, they *sometimes* highlight the messaging menu. As described by Chris Coulson, a message highlights the menu if: + "- The message is sent with high-priority OR + - The message is flagged (by a filter) OR + - The message is addressed directly to the recipient (eg, not CC) AND the message is not low prioirty AND the message wasn't automated AND the message is not from a mailing list." - Without this color-changing capability to indicate new correspondence, - the Indicator-Messages icon is just a waste of panel space. What is - gained from having a panel icon when the user can simply use a Super+1-0 - shortcut to access the relevant application instead? What the Indicator - does is provide information and notice even when the Launcher is hidden - while allowing quick access (via clicking Indicator) to quickly learn - what event caused the notice. + This is good behavior for some people, but not for others, e.g. ViViD: + "In my personal case, no message received through Thunderbird lacks + importance. Since I hide the launcher by default, many mails go + unnoticed for a time and I find myself randomly mousing over the + launcher to check mails." - Since the Indicator-Messages is a default panel icon, landing this - feature should carry some elevated importance. + To suit more people, Thunderbird should contain a setting for which + messages highlight the messaging menu. One option should be to highlight + messages if they are from one of your contacts. - Per discussion on the [email protected] thread, Mark Shuttleworth wrote on 28 February 2012: - "Yes, this would be consistent with our design guidelines for the indicators. - * the indicator can turn colour [green - affirmative, blue - informational, red - warning] - * the relevant section in the indicator (in this case, software update line in the menu) goes the same colour to create a thread from the indicator to the menu action - Mockups and bugs welcome. - Mark" + This setting needs design, and then proposing (and maybe implementing) + upstream. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/957922 Title: Thunderbird's messaging menu highlight helps some people but not many To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/957922/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
