keybase / keybase/keybase-issues
Flash the application icon on widows when unread messages are present
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Description
On windows Keybase currently only displays a small barely noticable dot on the taskbar when unread messages are present.
Other chat apps usually signal the OS to display urgency hints.
This can be done with the `FlashWindowEx` Win32 call.
Please consider adding this feature, as this is a serious UX inconvenience for me, probably for others as well.
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Research direction
Start by locating the Windows taskbar or unread-message indicator handling in the Keybase client, then review how the existing dot is shown. Use the issue's FlashWindowEx reference as the platform behavior to investigate; done means unread messages produce a visible Windows urgency or flashing indication.
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Assessment
- Domain
- desktop, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100