[Pidgin] #79: Allow choice of how to handle mobile contacts

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#79: Allow choice of how to handle mobile contacts
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 Reporter:  hackel  |        Type:  enhancement 
   Status:  new     |    Priority:  major       
Milestone:          |   Component:  pidgin (gtk)
  Version:  2.0     |    Keywords:              
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 Imported from sf.net Feature Requests item #1389104, was opened at
 2005-12-23 14:45
 https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=350235&aid=1389104&group_id=235

 Initial Comment:
 Right now, Gaim seems to treat mobile contacts
 (identified with a cellphone icon) as regular, online
 buddies.  I think it makes much more sense to
 prioritize these users below regular contacts, even if
 they are marked away.  The order would then be:

 1. Regular online contacts
 2. Regular away contacts
 3. Mobile contacts
 4. Mobile away contacts (if they exist?)

 This would impact sorting the buddy list by status and
 also (most importantly) choosing which protocol appears
 as the default for a contact.

 The issue which brought this up is one of my contacts
 has his AIM mobile account signed in, but also real
 jabber and MSN accounts which are often marked away.
 No matter what I do, the contact defaults to showing
 his AIM mobile account which I don't want to use.

 I'd love to see this fixed or an option to chose the
 desired behavior at some point in the future.

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 Comment By: Cat (midnightcat)
 Date: 2006-01-08 16:45

 Message:
 Logged In: YES
 user_id=1261306

 I completely agree. Because I can never tell if someone
 switches to mobile or off mobile, unless I look at the icon
 on my buddy list or the little icon on the tab of their IM.
 It would be great if that was added into the buddy state
 notification.

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 Comment By: Steve Cavilia (stuuf133t)
 Date: 2005-12-26 18:07

 Message:
 Logged In: YES
 user_id=809699

 another related issue: the buddy state notification plugin
 NEEDS to be able to say something when someone logs out and
 (implicitly) switches to mobile, and the aim info window
 needs to show mobile status. currently guifications will
 show an away of offline event, but otherwise the rest of
 gaim, except the icon in the buddy list, tells you the
 person is still online.

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