Please change the 2.4.0 input field's resize behaviour

[quoderat]

Ethan,

Thanks for all the efforts in Pidgin. 

I've been using it on a long time, and as strange as it may seem, the whole
reason I switched to Pidgin is because I've used other clients that had
non-resizable text input fields and found this unacceptable. 

I want to be able to control what size my input text is. I frequently send
10+ line messages, as does my girlfriend and many of my friends, and I find
that I am unable to use Pidgin until this problem is corrected.

This isn't a threat or anything, just the truth, as I don't expect you to
care much about one users -- however, if Pidgin can't be made to somehow
have an adjustable text input size, then I (and my friends who also use
Pidgin) will be forced to switch to a different IM client that allows a
resizable text input field.

This is a non-negotiable requirement for my girlfriend and I (and several of
my friends) in an IM client.

Not sure why this was removed, but boy, does it make Pidgin hard to use.

Thanks again for all the efforts. I successfully used Pidgin for many years
with no complaints, but maybe it is time to move on.


Mike Miller



Ethan Blanton-3 wrote:
> 
> Mark Scott spake unto us the following wisdom:
>> thanks for the reply.
> 
> I want to take the time out to thank *you* for your replies!  Your
> empirical data on how you use Pidgin and _why_ the current scheme
> isn't working for you is great.  I appreciate the time you're taking
> to help us make Pidgin better, and the polite and professional manner
> in which you are doing it.
> 
> All too often all we can get is "I don't like the new behavior, give
> me the old behavior back", which unfortunately means that Pidgin can
> never get *better*.  Sometimes the old behavior might be the right
> answer, but sometimes improvements are actually possible.  :-)
> 
> Ethan
> 
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