The problem here is very simple to fix - and I'm sure I've sent it in as a 'wish'. Again, PMMAIL (as far as I'm concerned the only other email program on the planet worth using) does it 'right' IMHO.
Mail notification should be there to NOTIFY you that you have new mail. Once I ACKNOWLEDGE that I have new mail, that indicator needs to go away - whether I read the mail or not. On PMMAIL, the icon changes to denote new mail. As soon as you bring the program into focus, the icon reverts back to its original state - disregarding your actions (whether you choose to read mail or not). Let's say its midnight, and you're working on a project and really don't want to be disturbed, but its 'spam hour' and you haven't put all your 800 filters back in. 10 misleading messages come in, some might actually be worthy, others are obviously spam. You may or may NOT want to address these emails now - but dammit, you want the notification cleared. Currently, there is no means to do that. My recommendation from a usability standpoint, would be to have the following options: 1) Allow the current configuration options to remain 2) Add option "Clear notification upon Restore". - New mail comes in, icon changes to animated or 'different' - Bring program to front, icon reverts to its normal state 3) Add a right click 'dismiss notification' to the context menu of the systray icon. Thanks for listening and thanks for the best email program around! -- Shane R. Monroe Dark Unicorn Productions http://www.darkunicornproductions.com Wednesday, May 15, 2002, 8:22:55 PM, you wrote: S>> I also turned off the "bat wings" on the task bar. Too distracting S>> too, plus a resource hog as well! ACM> I turned it off eons ago since it really isn't useful so the signal it ACM> provides isn't meaningful and hence a genuine distraction. ________________________________________________________ Current Ver: 1.60k FAQ : http://faq.thebat.dutaint.com Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Bug Reports: https://bt.ritlabs.com
