[Pidgin] #414: You dont the See Which Protocol

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#414: You dont the See Which Protocol
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  Reporter:  dancle        |       Owner:  lschiere
      Type:  defect        |      Status:  closed  
  Priority:  minor         |   Milestone:          
 Component:  pidgin (gtk)  |     Version:  2.0     
Resolution:  wontfix       |    Keywords:          
   Pending:  0             |  
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Comment (by Nrbelex):

 I completely understand where Sean and the Pidgin team are coming from...
 but as a user who's already used to the previous system, I feel as though
 a feature has been taken away from me. Can there be a compromise by
 allowing the user to choose how to use the client? In the end shouldn't
 the goal be for the program to serve the user - not to impose the
 "identity-oriented" idea on the user? Would it be difficult to add a "Show
 buddy protocol icon" to the preferences panel? Personally, I use the icons
 to differentiate between different groups of people I speak to (i.e. I
 know my Flickr friends are on Gtalk, my college friends are on AIM and my
 Canadian friends are on MSN). While I also use groups to sort stuff like
 this, I just find the icons easier to use quickly when scrolling through
 the list. Hope this clears things up a bit.

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