[Pidgin] #305: Add preference so that "Blink on new message" can work like it used to

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#305: Add preference so that "Blink on new message" can work like it used to
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 Reporter:  aurorasg       |       Type:  enhancement
   Status:  new            |   Priority:  minor      
Component:  pidgin (gtk)   |    Version:  2.0        
 Keywords:  blink, status  |  
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 The "Blink on new message" selector in the tray icon right click menu
 seems a waste of space.

 It would make a lot more sense to put this in the Message Notification
 plugin ("Blink tray icon on new message"), and put an option after it
 "Only on hidden conversations," (Indented like the "Only when someone says
 your screen name" in chats option so you know it refers to the previous
 option) so as to be like the behavior in previous versions.

 It both makes more sense to put it here and also gives the user a little
 more control without cluttering up the tray icon.

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 This is the way that GAIM used to work with
 the notification plugin I had, before 2.0.0b4. I would rely on the
 notification plugin that would change my minimized conversation window to
 have a title in bold or with stars in it to tell me that a conversation I
 was already engaged in had new messages. I relied on the blinking status
 icon to tell me that someone I was not in a conversation with was sending
 me a message. I consider the two events of different priority, but am now
 unable to tell the difference without at least mousing over the status
 icon.

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 Let's add it in Tools |
 Preferences | Interface in the System Tray Icon section. The preference
 would be something like "Only blink on new HIDDEN IMs". I have other ways
 of knowing (like using the Message Notification plugin) that people with
 whom I'm chatting are IM'ing me.

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 This was originally a feature request on Sourceforge:
 Feature Requests item #1596628, was opened at 2006-11-14 16:55

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