[Pidgin] #2715: Enhance usability of silc private group chat

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#2715: Enhance usability of silc private group chat
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 Reporter:  damokles      |       Type:  enhancement
   Status:  new           |   Priority:  minor      
Component:  pidgin (gtk)  |    Version:  2.1.1      
 Keywords:  silc          |    Pending:  0          
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 Hi there,

 thanks for making one of the few working silc gui clients. It's also great
 that you brought the private group chat to pidgin but in my eyes this one
 really lacks usability.

 First let me add how you normally join a private group chat in a text silc
 session:

 {{{

 /server xyz
 /join abc
 /key channel abc set secret
 }}}


 The point is: You join a channel once, chats without key are not possible
 in this room due to the mode +k AND there is just one private chat. Either
 you know the key and use it or you don't.

 So in my eyes the feature to add a "private group" is not what this is
 meant to. In pidgin you create a channel and add a group to the channel
 and have to join *both* with the disadvantage of even not having a nick
 list in the very private chat window.

 So my suggestion is: Keep it simple! Make the key protection a.k.a.
 private group as a setting for the channel. You add a channel to your
 buddy list and - if needed - a key for channel encryption. Also I guess
 using the original silc naming "key" would be better than group because it
 enables users to get help from the silc folks.

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Ticket URL: <http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/2715>
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