question concerning Hiptop icon for Adium

[Ethan Blanton]

fwoomp fwoomp spake unto us the following wisdom:
> I would like to close with a few questions that may hopefully clear
> something up.  In broad terms, how does Pidgin implement the Hiptop
> status?  Doesn't it also use the same libpurple library that Adium
> uses?  Is there something that Pidgin is doing that Adium is NOT
> doing, but COULD be doing?  If so, please let me know and I'll get
> back to the Adium developers and tell them.

If Pidgin indicates hiptop status, Adium should be getting the same
information from libpurple, and could display this status as well.  If
Pidgin does not show this status, it is either because the remote
buddy is not indicating that they are mobile (and there is nothing we
can do about that in either Pidgin *or* Adium), or because we do not
understand the indication we are receiving (which can be fixed if
someone determines, for the protocol in question, how we can tell).

Ethan

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