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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Improving task manager interaction
From:       Don Sanders <sanders () kde ! org>
Date:       2001-08-23 13:28:17
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On Wednesday 22 August 2001 17:13, Martijn Klingens wrote:

> > - Request Attention
>
> Definitely! KMail's icon should flash in the task bar
> when there's new mail, any other solution I tried in
> the current version is rather bad usability-wise, IMO.

I agree the new mail notification methods provided by KMail 
don't suit everyone. Especially they are of limited 
usefulness for people who receive a lot of mail.

I'm not sure that flashing the KMail icon in the task bar 
is the best solution. If "Show all windows" is turned off 
in taskbar configuration then depending on which virtual 
desktop is selected the kmail icon may not be visible in 
the taskbar when new mail arrives.

Also I prefer to minimize the amount of flashing that 
occurs on my desktop.

Did you consider showing an icon in the sysTray  (like 
ksirc, klipper and korganizer do) when new mail arrives 
instead? When the KMail mainwindow is selected the KMail 
sysTray icon should be hidden.

To be useful for people who receive a lot of mail, there 
should be a filter action for showing the icon in the 
sysTray, so showing the icon can be restricted. (eg to only 
showing the sysTray icon when important mail arrives in a a 
particular folder).

Personally I've turned off interval mail checking as I find 
it reduces productivity, but if I still had it on this is 
they best new mail notification scheme I can think of.

For consistency, a new new mail notification configuration 
option "Show icon in systray" should be created, and filter 
actions for all the current new mail notification types 
(beep, message box, execute command is already there) 
should be created.

Don.

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