new email in inbox

I'm not sure how to articulate this, but when I have new emails in my inbox [as indicated by a number in parenthesis after inbox, i.e. (5)], I feel like I should just be able to click on the word inbox to see them. Oddly NOTHING happens when you do that. I realize it's as simple to "refresh" however that's not as instinctive in my opinion. Anyone else? :)