So i have the MatterMost app on Windows. I dislike clutter on my taskbar and having too many windows open, so I have it minimised to a notification area icon most of the time.

The notification area icon looks nice, it's little a white circle inside a circle, and the colour and design matches various other Windows 10 taskbar icons. Very neat and tidy.

However, I think that this aesthetic is not as important as knowing that I have a new message.

Currently when I get a new message and Mattermost is minimised to notification area, a small red dot appears on the icon. Which is good, but tiny. I do sometimes miss it, and when it's an important message from my boss that can be an issue.

It would be better if the entire notification area icon could change to a bright colour, maybe even flash orange / yellow or something like that when I have a new message.

For example in Microsoft Outlook, when I get a new email a little yellow envelope appears there. It's not white like my other notification area icons, so it draws my attention.