Comment 13 for bug 410220

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Noel J. Bergman (noeljb) wrote :

Mark,

> The intent is for all messaging to fit into that menu - launching your
> gmail monitor, launching IM clients, and knowing that you have new
> messages, all belong there.

I don't have a problem with that, although it will be interesting to see how much traction you get from the various messaging apps, not all of which are written specifically for Ubuntu.

> The envelope icon is widely used as a proxy for "you have a message from a human being"

Aha! And this is the nature of the bug as I see it. I do not HAVE a message of any kind, but I still have the e-mail icon. Please switch to some other icon when there ARE NO MESSAGES, and I'll be satisfied.