GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 496380
[mail-notification] Mail notification applet does not give useful information
Last modified: 2009-06-04 18:38:36 UTC
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=330701 I often get a mail notification: "You have received 1 new message in INBOX." It has an usability problems: - I found no configuration tool to disable it. - Only new messages in INBOX are reported, new messages in other folders are ingored. It implies, that string "in INBOX" says nothing. - I get no information, in which account the new mail arrived. - My evolution has no "INBOX" folder. It has only folder named "Příchozí" (translated Inbox). Fix: - Make applet configurable (maybe also support right click on the tray icon to configure it) - Either say "You have received 1 new message." or say "You have received 1 new message in your "SuSE" account." or report all folders (must be configurable) and say "You have received 1 new message in "INBOX" of your "SuSE" account." There are similar bugs which addresses any one issue https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=446484 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=491451
+1. that "INBOX" string is capital and not even localized.
+1. It gets a bit annoying when you have multiple IMAP accounts and message notification says "INBOX", well... which one??? :-) But yes, notification also doesn't tell me when I get mail in other folders.
Bumping version to a stable release.
*** Bug 544493 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 355249 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
I love evolution, having migrated for the calendaring features and general polish. However, this dialogue probably the least polished part of evolution as seen from the perspective of someone moving over from thunderbird. The thunderbird notification bubble says " you have X (number) of new messages in account (name) and gives the subject line and sender for each. " Pretty helpful way to keep from switching contexts completely if it's not necessary. With evolution, the "You have two new messages in INBOX" just screams "it's been 5 mins, time for a SPAM BREAK". Too much of a teaser, and not enough info to be a tool.
(In reply to comment #0) > It has an usability problems: > > - I found no configuration tool to disable it. Yeah, kinda hidden in plugins (Mail Notification in Edit->Plugins), bad. > - Only new messages in INBOX are reported, new messages in other folders are > ingored. It implies, that string "in INBOX" says nothing. Configurable on the same place. > - I get no information, in which account the new mail arrived. > > - My evolution has no "INBOX" folder. It has only folder named "Příchozí" > (translated Inbox). Bad, that's a bug. > Fix: > > - Make applet configurable (maybe also support right click on the tray icon to > configure it) Done, I think 2.26, maybe a bit earlier. > - Either say > "You have received 1 new message." > or say > "You have received 1 new message in your "SuSE" account." > or > report all folders (must be configurable) and say > "You have received 1 new message in "INBOX" of your "SuSE" account." To be done. > There are similar bugs which addresses any one issue > https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=446484 > https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=491451 > Marking this one as a duplicate of bug #464400 as it generalizes the similar. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 464400 ***