532598 - New mail icon in taskbar should react on "mouse hover"

Status: UNCONFIRMED

(Thunderbird :: OS Integration, enhancement)

Description

[Ulrich Windl]

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WHen I have new mail, and the new mail icon appears in the talkbar, it would be nice if there were some tooltip-kind-of-help when I move the mouse pointer over the new mail icon. That is, Thunderbird could display a summary of new messages (e.g. number of messages, and folders where they were found).
For comparison, if you hover ofer the taskbar's clock, a tooltip with the full date and time is displayed in Windows/XP)

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Get new mail
2. Move mouse over new mail icon

Actual Results:  
Nothing happens

Expected Results:  
Something useful could be displayed

Comment 1

[Ludovic Hirlimann [:Usul]]

Ulrich wouldn't that be solved with us enabling libnotify (see bug 478463) ?

Comment 2

[Ulrich Windl]

Looking at bug #478463 I can only see that the appearance of the notification changed. Will it also change the reaction on "mouse hover"? If I _click_ on the new mail icon, I get some more information, but that's not what I was asking for.