 Q: Will Thunderbird get a “minimize to tray” option? A: This feature exists on Windows, but we regularly hear from our #Linux users they want it too. The problem is that the concept of “tray” on Linux is not a consistent or standardized thing. But how about a workaround? If you're on Linux, check out a Flatpak app called "Birdtray:" https://flathub.org/apps/details/com.ulduzsoft.Birdtray 12 comments
@thunderbird Would be better to point to the github repository and mention that interested users may look if it's already available within the package repository of their distribution. @thunderbird Not sure I follow why someone would want this. A system tray is an old concept that is no longer required in my opinion, especially on a Linux desktop. @adamsdesk I do not agree with you on that. I dont know what desktop you are using, but for me the system tray for TB is essential. @fdellwing Ok, that is fine. Just want to understand. Can you not minimize the app and then if you want access to it you switch to it using the keyboard or mouse? @adamsdesk That is not the reason I want a tray. The reason is, that I want to easily see how many mails are unread without foregrounding TB. @fdellwing Okay, but that is what the notification area is for. Though I realize not all DE have this, but in my mind should. @thunderbird What I’d really like is to have a way for Thunderbird to launch in the background at startup/login and provide notifications, without having to launch it manually or have the main window pop up automatically just as I’m starting to do something. That could mean a tray icon, but for Linux I think perhaps a daemon/service could fulfill the same use case and be more consistent across distros. @thunderbird freedesktop.org does have specifications for tray and tray icons that should work in every conforming DE. |
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Q: Will Thunderbird get the greatly needed option for using selfhosted, common clouds (like seafile, nextcloud,...) with the filelink feature?