Fwd: [Pidgin] #552: Description disappeared from field bottom of the contacts list

[Luke Schierer]

On Wed, May 02, 2007 at 11:49:36AM -0700, Sean Egan wrote:
> deryni doesn't remember but recalls it being an "overwhelmingly
> popular move." I think it was a dumb move. Discuss.
> 
> -s.
> 
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> From: Pidgin <trac at pidgin.im>
> Date: May 2, 2007 11:43 AM
> Subject: Re: [Pidgin] #552: Description disappeared from field bottom
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> #552: Description disappeared from field bottom of the contacts list
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>   Reporter:  adas          |       Owner:
>       Type:  defect        |      Status:  new
>   Priority:  minor         |   Milestone:
>  Component:  pidgin (gtk)  |     Version:  2.0
> Resolution:                |    Keywords:  status description
>    Pending:  1             |
> ---------------------------+------------------------------------------------
> Comment (by seanegan):
> 
>  deryni, his request is for the old behavior where, if I'm Available with a
>  status message, and change the state to Away, it keeps the message in the
>  box, highlights it and gives it keyboard focus.
> 
>  I really liked this too. Who removed it, and why?
> 

One of the frequent complaints with the early betas was that you could
not return from away.  In tracing this, we discovered that people
actually could and were returning from away, they were confused by the
fact that the status message was preserved.  changing this behavior
fixed this "bug" for significant numbers of users.

luke