The unread message count is a kind of call to action, at least it is for some people. Not every user has email flowing directly into their Inbox which they then manually sort into folders. Plenty use server-side filtering. These unread message counts indicate when new messages have arrived (or there are "things to do" for people who use unread that way).
Gmail shows unread counts in its sidebar, but it uses a text number (i.e. "Connections (6)") rather than a drawn badge. We did that early on in Geary; it looked ugly. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1379015 Title: Be more conservative about sidebar number badges To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/geary/+bug/1379015/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
