The submenu can have a lot more things that just Evolution in it. For instance any messaging application can be there. Currently that is Evolution and Pidgin, but Gwibber is also working on putting indicator support into their application. This makes the submenu important. While I understand in the case of a single application being in the indicator without any indicators, I think that the change of behavior depending on which applications are running would be confusing.
** Changed in: evolution-indicator (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix ** Changed in: indicator-applet (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: evolution-indicator => indicator-applet -- mail indicator icon has useless submenu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/332466 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs