Bug 377485 - regression: system tray icon no longer shows number of unread articles
Summary: regression: system tray icon no longer shows number of unread articles
Status: RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Alias: None
Product: akregator
Classification: Applications
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: GIT (master)
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: kdepim bugs
URL:
Keywords:
: 378658 435946 (view as bug list)
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Blocks:
 
Reported: 2017-03-11 09:54 UTC by Martin Koller
Modified: 2022-01-29 23:19 UTC (History)
10 users (show)

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Attachments
Put the tray count back (3.35 KB, patch)
2020-03-07 20:40 UTC, Jaromir Smrcek
Details
Updated patch for v20 (4.46 KB, patch)
2020-09-01 22:01 UTC, Jaromir Smrcek
Details
Updated patch for v21 (4.39 KB, patch)
2022-01-29 23:19 UTC, Jaromir Smrcek
Details

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Description Martin Koller 2017-03-11 09:54:29 UTC
The summary says it all.
The previous version I used (5.3.0) did show the number of unread articles
in the systray icon. 5.4.3 no longer does.
Comment 1 Laurent Montel 2017-03-11 16:04:34 UTC
Hi,
it's not a regression.
I removed it as we can't see number when number > 100 and it's the case as usual

Regards
Comment 2 Christoph Feck 2017-04-21 01:24:56 UTC
*** Bug 378658 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3 Martin Huter 2017-11-21 13:35:32 UTC
How about a configuration option for this?
Comment 4 Christophe Marin 2017-11-21 16:29:23 UTC
It won't be more readable with an option.
Comment 5 Martin Huter 2017-11-21 16:54:33 UTC
Depends on the use case. I was using akregator as information source for a ticketing system. Numbers of unread messages usually was below 100, and the number in the sytray was readable pretty good.
So, this makes the difference between "pretty" and "not" helpful for me.
How about reverting change 1391353529419647b2b40d0ac758a2bd9075eb1a and add a check 0<x<100 in TrayIcon::slotSetUnread?
Comment 6 Martin Huter 2017-12-19 17:10:19 UTC
No comment, no possible solution for this?
Comment 7 Martin Koller 2017-12-19 17:30:13 UTC
In my own desktop shell, liquidshell, I have integrated a workaround to see the unread count for KMail and Akregator if the count is < 100.
You might want to give it a try:
https://cgit.kde.org/liquidshell.git/
Comment 8 Martin Huter 2017-12-28 07:05:37 UTC
(In reply to Martin Koller from comment #7)
> In my own desktop shell, liquidshell, I have integrated a workaround to see
> the unread count for KMail and Akregator if the count is < 100.
> You might want to give it a try:
> https://cgit.kde.org/liquidshell.git/

Many thanks Martin, this is greatly appreciated.
But in the end, I'm looking for a stable solution rather than a workaround,
and if the akregator maintainer are not willing to pick up this improvement (and it looks like), I'll have to search for alternatives.

Regards
Comment 9 FF777 2018-01-19 09:26:45 UTC
Thanks for the regression devs, keep up the good work.. I always love updating KDE and seeing yet an other feature removed.. I now have no idea how many new articles there are unless I open the whole akregator window up each time..

Who would let their news pile up to over 100??.. Just do like Martin suggested and show a number in the tray if it is less than 100, and don't show a number if it is 100 or greater.. Or you could always, you know, ADD AN OPTION so the user can decide instead of making the choice for every one and assuming every one in the world has the same work-flow that you do.. The number was always very legible to me.. Reopen this regression bug and fix it please..
Comment 10 Jaromir Smrcek 2020-03-07 20:40:59 UTC
Created attachment 126662 [details]
Put the tray count back

Unbelievable. Another KDE app that gets worse with updates.

I mean really? Instead of fixing the problem with readability you *remove* a feature?

I have created a reversal patch (without the config option). It uses Normal text color instead of link to make it a little more readable on my system.
Comment 11 Yamashita Ren 2020-04-25 13:36:15 UTC
@Jaromir

Your patch works perfectly, thanks !

By the way, this regression introduced a bug : https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=420520
Comment 12 Jaromir Smrcek 2020-09-01 22:01:07 UTC
Created attachment 131351 [details]
Updated patch for v20

Updated patch for v20. For some reason IconThemes directives in CMakeLists.txt have disappeared to make the patch not work.
Comment 13 Christophe Marin 2021-04-23 18:04:27 UTC
*** Bug 435946 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 14 Jaromir Smrcek 2022-01-29 23:19:31 UTC
Created attachment 146059 [details]
Updated patch for v21

Updated for v21 on my Gentoo plasma desktop