Absolutely hear you on this, it is certainly confusing.
@markvanlan / @awesomerobot maybe we switch the notification on the chat bubble to be much simplified:
- Only show “blue” for now. No number - this is the only special state it can have:
- We give it special state when there are channels/dms with new activity (it rolls up all the blues)
Then we rely 100% on notifications for important stuff. The circle just means … hey there is some new stuff in chat in case you dig in.
Long term with sideburger this whole icon may go away…