Comment 86 for bug 436755

It also lets you select which folders/labels you'd like indicated, so you
don't have to be indicated on all of them... just the ones you're interested
in.

Having the count be correct even if the main green indicator changes is
important.

On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 11:05, Geoff Goehle <email address hidden> wrote:

> @jeremy: I think it has its pros and cons. I certainly don't want the
> indicator applet to be "green" whenever I have unread mail. It can take
> me weeks to get around to reading certain messages. If the applet was
> stuck on "green" that whole time then it loses any functionality. (For
> example, you wouldn't get visual notification of new chats as long as
> you have at least one uread message.) On the other hand I do think the
> number next to the mailbox should indicate the number of unread messages
> and not just the number of "new" messages. This would be easy enough to
> fix, but should probably be addressed as separate bug.
>
> As an aside gm-notify actually affords the same functionality. Once you
> get indications of new messages if you click on the account name then
> the indicator resets without opening gmail. This gives you the option
> to acknowledge that you have new email without having to actually read
> it leaving the applet free to indicate new chats or what have you.
>
> --
> indicator-applet doesn't change icon when I recieve new e-mails via
> Evolution
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/436755
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