(In reply to Eckard Berberich from comment #41) > (In reply to WaltS48 [:walts48] from comment #39) > > > Eckard is there a persistent notification with Thunderbird on a Mac? > > Yes, there is a persistent notification in the form of a little red badge on the app icon in the Dock. By default this badge displays the number of unread messages but one can choose to display the new messages count via Preferences > General > App Icon Options... I don't have that preference in Linux builds of Thunderbird. > Once one opens a new message the red badge disappears. I only see the little red badge on the app icon on the dock for the Ubuntu supplied version of Thunderbird. on Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS, and it isn't persistent. Read an email and poof it is gone. The same supplied version on Linux Mint 19.2 doesn't have the red badge in the icon.
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(In reply to Eckard Berberich from comment #41) > (In reply to WaltS48 [:walts48] from comment #39) > > > Eckard is there a persistent notification with Thunderbird on a Mac? > > Yes, there is a persistent notification in the form of a little red badge on the app icon in the Dock. By default this badge displays the number of unread messages but one can choose to display the new messages count via Preferences > General > App Icon Options... I don't have that preference in Linux builds of Thunderbird. > Once one opens a new message the red badge disappears. I only see the little badge on the app icon on the dock for the Ubuntu supplied version of Thunderbird. on Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS, and it isn't persistent. Read an email and poof it is gone. The same supplied version on Linux Mint 19.2 doesn't have the red badge in the icon.
(In reply to Eckard Berberich from comment #41) > (In reply to WaltS48 [:walts48] from comment #39) > > > Eckard is there a persistent notification with Thunderbird on a Mac? > > Yes, there is a persistent notification in the form of a little red badge on the app icon in the Dock. By default this badge displays the number of unread messages but one can choose to display the new messages count via Preferences > General > App Icon Options... I don't have that preference in Linux builds of Thunderbird. > Once one opens a new message the red badge disappears. I only see the little badge on the app icon on the dock for the Ubuntu supplied version of Thunderbird. on Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS, and it isn't persistent. Read an email and poof it is gone. The same supplied version on Linux Mint 19.2 doesn't have the badge in the icon.