[Pidgin] #2295: Add Account >> MSN >> "Screen name" should be "E-mail Address"

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#2295: Add Account >> MSN >> "Screen name" should be "E-mail Address"
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  Reporter:  brettalton    |       Owner:                                                                                              
      Type:  defect        |      Status:  new                                                                                         
  Priority:  minor         |   Milestone:                                                                                              
 Component:  pidgin (gtk)  |     Version:  2.0.2                                                                                       
Resolution:                |    Keywords:  msn messenger, "screen name", "e-mail address", "windows live messenger", passport, msimprpl
   Pending:  0             |  
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Comment (by deryni):

 Replying to [comment:4 jeff]:
 > MySpaceIM also does not use the term "screen name" anywhere. Like MSN,
 you login with your email address, but this is not the same as your
 username. You can pick your username to be anything you want, and it is
 how other people contact you (and you contact them--the buddy list
 displays usernames).

 How does this work exactly? When you want to find someone you look them up
 by username? Is the username something you can change on a whim or is it
 something you set at account creation time?

 > We could keep "Screen name" when this term can be used generically to
 refer to an arbitrary identifier, whatever it is technically called by the
 protocol, if this is less confusing. I have no strong preference here, but
 I'm definitely for being able to change the field to ask for an email
 address when appropriate.

 I think keeping this field name consistent is a really important thing to
 have. Even when the username has the same form as an email address it
 really isn't an email address and it really is a username.

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