Two typing notifications don't make sense. What do you think?

[Etan Reisner]

On Mon, Mar 03, 2008 at 07:13:46PM +0100, Festival.Star wrote:
> Yeah there would be something that wouldn't be that noisy. You could
> take the old typing notification graphic and put it into the toolbar of
> the message window. (next to the smileys) That would make the whole
> thing look more integrated. It is right that the new notification gets
> into your view everytime you look at the window. But it makes me always
> think a message pops up when the notification starts.
> So it would be really cool to reconsider the position of the
> notification. Don't get me wrong about that criticism I really like
> Pidgin and the appreciate the work you do.
>
> Regards!

While putting it in the formatting toolbar is certainly an interesting
idea, and not one I would have thought of, I'm not sure it is a good idea,
for a variety of reasons. First off, the toolbar tends to house buttons
that indicate state and not random transient icons. Second, many people
(myself included) turn off the formatting toolbar and thus would be unable
to see that notification icon.

What are you doing that the new typing notification is apparent and
distracting enough to be a problem?

    -Etan