indicator-applet icon looks like the evolution icon

This is the icon that should be there (if we continue to use envelopes)

And this is the "no messages" state

This bug was fixed in the package human-icon-theme - 0.33.4

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human-icon-theme (0.33.4) jaunty; urgency=low

  * Updating messaging indicator names to fix LP: #342382

 -- Kenneth Wimer <email address hidden> Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:19:42 +0100

i have a question? why do we need both an indicator applet and a notification area? i don't see a big difference between the two, and things like new mail icons use to show up in the latter. is there a UI spec i can read somewhere with a rationale for this?

thanks,
alvin

also currently, the only thing that uses the indicator applet is the evolution mail notifier, correct? all i see are disadvantages:
1. people who (for some reason) run evolution in KDE or other desktops
   won't get new mail warnings.
2. it adds to the complexity of the panel.
3. it takes up precious real estate for those of us who try to squeeze everything
   into one panel.

I believe the intended design is that the messaging indicator will take the place of both the pidgin and evolution indicators, and will also work with other messaging related programs that are tweaked for it. So it should, in face, reduce the number of indicators.

thanks for the answer, rick. not to belabour the point, but isn't that exactly what the notification area is designed to do? and the spec for putting stuff in the notification area is the same for KDE and other desktops, so an application built for one desktop will still be functional in another.