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[Mark Shuttleworth <mark@xxxxxxxxxx>]

mac_v wrote:
> As a user of thunderbird, i would like to know:
>
> 1) Does Ubuntu plan to have the thunderbird mail notifications display
> via notify-osd?

I would like this too, but I don't know that there's a concrete effort
in place. We would consider sponsoring the Ubuntu Notify addon work if
the author is open to guidance on the user experience and keen to work
on it further. The work would include both notification and messaging
indicator use, ideally.
> 2) If notify-osd is going to display the notifications , would it allow
> for several mail notifications in the same bubble or just give "X new
> mails" as the notification?
That's up to the developer and the designer. I would guess it varies
based on how many mails and how quickly they arrive. For example, if
there is a send/receive cycle and there are 150 new messages, it's best
just to say that. If there's 1, then it would make sense to give more
detail (and perhaps use the messaging menu more creatively...). In
between there may be more interesting options.

> 3) When will thunderbird be included into the indicator applet?[only in
> karmic or in jaunty]...Will the minimize to indicator applet function be
> available?
When it gets done :-). Since T-Bird is not the default in Ubuntu it
won't get internal development at Canonical, but since lots of us use it
(and lots of users do) we could socialise it in the community and
possibly fund a credible coding effort - then include that in the distro.

Mark

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