Since the Shoubox has been stuck in the full-page version for a long time, how about some quality-of-life changes? My suggestion is that it could have an indicator of new messages somehow (not necessarily an event as that would clog the sidebar, I believe), but something like a small number. There's a similar thing beside the Events tab.
I see what you mean, kind of like where the Kumos icon is, but be a number instead showing how many "missed" ones you haven't seen since switching tabs? As much as I like the idea, since the SB only shows like 9 chats a time, maybe like the tab flashes or just the icon (not sure i've seen just an icon flash, but who knows.) But I can see how that could be annoying as well, since sometimes the chat goes so fast, haha..
I do agree though, for some people, the tab kind of gets forgotten..
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