An Open button on new mail notifications@KDE3

In my last post I stated that implementing this functionality on KDE3 would be much harder than on KDE4. I was wrong. The KNotification class on the 4.x API is based on the Kopete (3.5 branch ) notifications. I just borrowed the Kopete KNotification class.

Kudos to Olivier Goffart (KNotification author) and all the people that worked on it.

New mail arrived notification with an Open button - KDE3

New mail arrived notification with an Open button - KDE3
(Courtesy of David Bruyer)

An Open button on new mail notifications

When I get an notification about an new email, in many cases, I want to read that email. Until now, you had to go to the Threads Menu and select that email, or open the browser (with a left click on the KCheckGMail icon) and then open the email.
I've just added an Open button to the new email notification. For now it only shows up when you receive only one new email. But I plan to implement it also to the notifications when more than one email is received.
I only implemented it in the KD4 version (at least by now). It was really easy to implement it in KDE4. In KDE3 it will take a lot more effort to accomplish the same goal.

New mail arrived notification with an Open button

Attachment Indicator

The Threads Menu entries now have an attachment indicator. A very simple feature but a very useful one (I think). It's already implemented in KDE3 and KDE4 versions. Take a look at the screenshots.

Attachment Indicator @ KDE3 version

Attachment Indicator @ KDE4 version