Open Bug 137462 Opened 23 years ago Updated 16 years ago

MailNews Taskbar Icon does not display green arrow on new mail

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(SeaMonkey :: MailNews: Message Display, enhancement)

enhancement
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(Not tracked)

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(Reporter: jessie30, Unassigned)

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Details

(Keywords: icon, polish)

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(1 file, 1 obsolete file)

When reduce the whole netscape window to desktop icon and you have new mails, there is no green arrow in the icon to show that new mail comes.
Attached image Screenshot of Taskbar with mozilla mail running (obsolete) (deleted) —
Mozilla Mail's icon is identical to the main mozilla window's icon. The mail icon also does NOT change due to the fact that there IS more mail available...
As you can see, the window on top of the start menu is a Mozilla window showing that there is new mail. The inbox taskbar icon shows no new mail and remains the same as the main mozilla icon.
Attachment #89719 - Attachment is obsolete: true
Need to add that this also is reproducable running under Linux (Redhat 7.3 distro). (KDE) Sorry, no screenshot.
Added dependency. How to change icon if all icons are the same?
Depends on: 47779
Netscape version 4.7x had different icons for browser, mail (with new mail) and mail (with no new mail). This was very useful as you did not have to open mail window every 5 minutes to check if new mail has arrived. The mail icon would change to an icon with green arrow to indicate that new mail has arrived. Current version sounds a beep when new mail arrives, but if you are not at you desk when new mail arrives, then you would miss the beep and would have to open the mail window when you get back to your desk.
Lack of a new mail notification on the minimised window icon means I still use Netscape 4 for mail despite using Mozilla for browsing (on IRIX 64)
Description's a bit undescriptive. I'm writing another description: also, to owner (or ++ user): imho, MailNews Taskbar Icon does not display green arrow on new mail would make a more descriptive summary, in my opinion. From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.1a+) Gecko/20020710 BuildID: 2002071008 Upon new mail arriving, there is currently a little pop-up on the lower right hand corner of the screen. However, MailNews's application icon does not change, so therefore, you cannot just look at the taskbar to determine whether you have new mail. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Set up accounts in MailNews. 2. Wait for new mail to arrive. Actual Results: Taskbar icon doesn't change. Expected Results: Taskbar icon changes; like in NS4 Reproducable on Linux(20020530). The little (mail) icon on the lower right-hand corner of all mozilla windows DOES change, but not the taskbar icon.
Everything looks alright. Confirming bug, after 3 months.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Ever confirmed: true
Sorry, "after 3 months" was my typing somewhere else, and I somehow shifted into Mozilla.
Using Mozilla under IRIX and using the default SGI desktop there is no taskbar and no pop-up on receiving new mail. The only Mozilla icons are on minimised mozilla applications (or on open mozilla applications but I need to keep mozilla minimised most of the time for screen space). I would be happy if the green arrow appeared on all mozilla icons including the browser, or if the minimised application could open a non-minimised window.
Depends on: stopthewhining
No longer depends on: 47779
adding keyword '4xp'
Keywords: 4xp
any news?
QA Contact: olgam → stephend
Just wanted to add that I agree with rjleathley@ricardo.com, I use Mozilla to browse but keep NS 4 around for email. I use fvwm with multi-desktops and need the icon to know when email arrives. I hope this is fixed soon!?
Any news? No contact for almost 2mos now. -> added keyword 'icon' (we probably only need that now) -> added keyword 'mail6' (people do rely on this to see)
Keywords: icon, mail6
-> request 'nsCatFood' status -> added keyword 'polish' -> changed summary from 'Desktop icon has no green arrow when new mail comes'.
Keywords: nsCatFood, polish
Summary: Desktop icon has no green arrow when new mail comes → MailNews Taskbar Icon does not display green arrow on new mail
Keywords: mail6mail4
Is this being worked on by anyone? Can we get this fix for 1.4 alpha? This sounds likes it occurrs on all platforms. I can reproduce it on Solaris 8 and Linux.
Any updates on this one? Did any fixes get put into 1.4a? Is anyone working on this?
requesting this be a blocker for 1.4. Before we abandon this code base for the new road map, this issue should b fixed. This is basic expected behavior.
Flags: blocking1.4b?
Flags: blocking1.4?
Flags: blocking1.4b?
Flags: blocking1.4b-
Flags: blocking1.4?
Flags: blocking1.4-
aiming for 1.4 beta, if not beta, final.
Status: NEW → ASSIGNED
Keywords: nsbeta1
Target Milestone: --- → mozilla1.4beta
I'm not sure, but I think the fix will involve adding the new icon, (call it messengerWindowNewMail.ico) and then, when there is new mail, changing the id of the messager window. but there is C++ / JS that is looking for id="messengerWindow", so I'll have to check. or, it might also be that I have to write some plaform specific code to change the icon.
note to self, from ssu: "nope, the installer doesn't have that type of code. it changes the title of the window shown in the task bar, but not the icon. However, I did find this. SetClassLong(). You might be able to change the icon by changing GCL_HICON."
blizzard sets me straight: just use nsIWidget::SetIcon() NS_IMETHOD SetIcon(const nsAString& anIconSpec) = 0;
adt: nsbeta1-
Keywords: nsbeta1nsbeta1-
Any updates on how this is coming. Did it make it into the 1.4 beta? Will it make it into 1.4 Final?
*** Bug 198358 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Product: Browser → Seamonkey
Assignee: sspitzer → mail
Status: ASSIGNED → NEW
A fix for bug 327613 has been checked in on the trunk. It doesn't do what this bug asks, but it does provide a new-message alert -- a little window that pops up when new mail arrives.
Assignee: mail → nobody
QA Contact: stephend → message-display
Target Milestone: mozilla1.4beta → ---
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