137462 - MailNews Taskbar Icon does not display green arrow on new mail

Status: NEW

(SeaMonkey :: MailNews: Message Display, enhancement)

Description

[Jessie Li]

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.

Comment 1

[Patrick Xia]

Attachment: Screenshot of Taskbar with mozilla mail running

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...

Comment 2

[Patrick Xia]

Attachment: [new] Icon not changing when new mail arrives

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.

Comment 3

[Patrick Xia]

Need to add that this also is reproducable running under Linux (Redhat 7.3 distro). (KDE) Sorry, no screenshot.

Comment 4

[Patrick Xia]

Added dependency. How to change icon if all icons are the same?

Comment 5

[Shroff]

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.

Comment 6

[rjleathley]

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)

Comment 7

[Patrick Xia]

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.

Comment 8

[Patrick Xia]

Everything looks alright. Confirming bug, after 3 months.

Comment 9

[Patrick Xia]

Sorry, "after 3 months" was my typing somewhere else, and I somehow shifted into
Mozilla.

Comment 10

[rjleathley]

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.

Comment 11

[Patrick Xia]

adding keyword '4xp'

Comment 12

[Patrick Xia]

any news?

Comment 13

[Keith Spainhour]

Just wanted to add that I agree with  [e-mail], 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!?

Comment 14

[Patrick Xia]

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)

Comment 15

[Patrick Xia]

-> request 'nsCatFood' status
-> added keyword 'polish'
-> changed summary from 'Desktop icon has no green arrow when new mail comes'.

Comment 16

[Keith Spainhour]

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.

Comment 17

[Keith Spainhour]

Any updates on this one?  Did any fixes get put into 1.4a? Is anyone working on
this?

Comment 18

[Keith Spainhour]

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.

Comment 19

[(not reading, please use [e-mail] instead)]

aiming for 1.4 beta, if not beta, final.

Comment 20

[(not reading, please use [e-mail] instead)]

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.

Comment 21

[(not reading, please use [e-mail] instead)]

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."

Comment 22

[(not reading, please use [e-mail] instead)]

blizzard sets me straight:

just use nsIWidget::SetIcon()
NS_IMETHOD SetIcon(const nsAString& anIconSpec) = 0;

Comment 23

[Samir Gehani]

adt: nsbeta1-

Comment 24

[Keith Spainhour]

Any updates on how this is coming.  Did it make it into the 1.4 beta?  Will it
make it into 1.4 Final? 

Comment 25

[Mike Cowperthwaite]

*** Bug 198358 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 26

[Mike Cowperthwaite]

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.