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I never thought about this tray thing. In Unity7 applications don't take more space than their launcher. This is the best DE so far, why nobody step up to maintain it yet?
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Originally posted by Daktyl198 View PostAnd it’s still completely useless because I can’t minimize it to the systray meaning it wastes space on my taskbar. Sigh.
But at least no one needs to update as no new advisories were issued (or they forgot to update their security site, 60.8 is currently the last version containing security fixes).
Maybe the jump of 8 major versions give a hint to the work of AddOn developers work - and after such a long time suddenly the lightning version should be adjusted to the thunderbird one.
SecurityFixes - we have Spectre & Meltdown, Wayland - may be usable when Thunderbirds version has three digits.
So yes - I don't understand why the FireTray behaviour is not the default one without needing any AddOn.
And FireTray can directly show all unread messages by a number - and I am not aware of anything else doing the job.
Even under fvwm (in 1994 ... oh dear - 25 years back such a feature was normal - ough!) there was a mailbox showing new incoming messages - and such a basic feature is still missing.
I just wonder if the developers are using Thunderbird themselves AND are caring about their mails.Last edited by JMB9; 28 August 2019, 06:45 PM.
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Oh good god no. I can only imagine what they're going to break this time.
After months of back and forth attempts I finally got a minimize on boot and minimize to try solution working, but I still have to reinstall the Minimize to Tray Reanimated addon every few boots. And the poor guy developing it essentially said he's giving up, and can't keep up with the constant Thunderbird changes.
And for minimize on startup I have to use a kludgey python solution that must be custom tuned depending upon what else is happening at boot.
But what can I do? I not only have huge volumes of email now, but archives going all the way back to 2006. And despite numerous attempts to reliably convert them to something else I've never been successful. And I simply can't afford to lose my email.
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Originally posted by George99 View PostYes, everything could be much easier if Mozilla would just get the job done by themselves, but hey...
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Originally posted by Daktyl198 View PostAnd it’s still completely useless because I can’t minimize it to the systray meaning it wastes space on my taskbar. Sigh.
https://addons.thunderbird.net/de/th...rc=userprofile
Some installations don't work after the initial installation so it's better to use the latest "dev" version and not the "release" one!
Get the "dev" version from here:
Mozilla extension: Minimize windows into the system tray (Firefox, Thunderbird, Seamonkey, Instantbird) - ysard/mintrayr
And dont' forget to disable automatic updates as the "dev" version will get replaced by the "release" version!
Yes, everything could be much easier if Mozilla would just get the job done by themselves, but hey...Last edited by George99; 28 August 2019, 03:27 PM.
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This release looks like a step in the right direction, but on macOS, the message listing font is still way too small. I wish there was a way to adjust that within the preferences.
On Linux I don't believe Thunderbird sets the window-manager 'urgent' hint or at least the option to do so. One of these days they'll get it right...
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Originally posted by lancethepants View PostYes, they are constantly breaking 3rd party add-ons. When are they going to learn they need to build in minimize to tray?
I hate the current compatibility status in Linux, and I'll be forced to rant about it later this day.
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