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[Adam Dingle <adam@xxxxxxxxx>]

Voldyman,

Geary 0.1 (the version in Luna, I believe) is pretty out of date - if you're running Geary these days I suggest that you run our daily build (https://launchpad.net/~yorba/+archive/daily-builds/) or build  it yourself from git master.  The version in git master supports notifications and the Ubuntu messaging menu (in Precise, not yet in Quantal) and can display a badge on the Unity launcher indicating how many new messages you have.  I *believe* this means it will also display a badge on Plank in elementary, but I haven't tried that.  Geary 0.2 will be released next month including all these features and other features which were absent in 0.1 (e.g. attachments, address autocompletion).

As for background email checking: Geary checks for email whenever it is running, even if minimized.  Currently it can't check for email when the Geary application is not running.

adam

On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 10:52 AM, Voldyman <voldyman666@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The messaging menu is not very useful at the moment as geary does not use it to display unread mails.
I have been using luna beta for 2 months and geary is the least useful app IMO as it does not notify of new email, i tried replying using it but didnt like it.
I am pro notification center for L+1 but till then we should keep the messaging menu and persuade Yorba people to support background email check and notification via messaging menu.

Voldyman

On 29-Aug-2012, at 11:12 PM, "satchitb@xxxxxxxxx"t  <satchitb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I think the messaging menu has outlasted its usefulness. Ubuntu has crammed too many things in it, and the urgent response demanded by chat is very different from the simple notification of new email (leading to the envelope being blue permanently). It's also very hard to hit the button; I often end up clicking the battery indicator.

I think tab badges in Geary, Empathy, etc, coupled with whatever elementary has replaced NotifyOSD with, are more than enough. In L+1, elementary could consider a notifications centre.

On 29 August 2012 22:42, David Gomes <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Well Daniel, I don't use it, but IMO this is a more Facebook-question, because we are a very small share of elementary OS / Ubuntu users.


On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 5:41 PM, Daniel Foré <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hey guys,

Just a quick question: does anyone use the messaging menu? If so, what for?

If not, should we consider not shipping it?

Best Regards,
Daniel Foré
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