[ubuntu-uk] Including thundebird into the gnome desktop notification

[Alan Lord (News)]

On 30/04/10 16:46, Markie wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> I installed Lucid onto a spare old external HDD last night and its doing
> great so far. I wondered if Thunderbird might have been included into
> the desktop notification but alas it hasnt. Its no big deal but the way
> pidgin has been integrated it would be nice to see TB. Especially seeing
> as Thunderbird 3 seems to come with the default install now which is a
> marked improvement on its predecessor.
>
> Does anyone know if theres plans or a way to include it into the
> notification area?

Hi Markie,

yes, there is some code that was introduced into the forthcoming 3.1 
release that adds support for the various notification mechanisms: Growl 
(MacOS) and Libnotify (Linux) and whatever the windows equivalent is.

However, a recent comment on bugzilla indicates that it might have been 
pulled due to a blocking bug for the time being: 
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=478463

There is however a Thunderbird extension that adds the Indicator Applet 
and libnotify support which you could use for the time-being: 
http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2010/02/09/indicator-applet-libnotify-support-for-thunderbird/

HTH

Al


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