[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 deryni):

 Putting the protocol icon in the buddy list wouldn't help you know what
 protocol you were having a specific conversation on. So that wouldn't help
 the case you presented. If you want the protocol icon of the current buddy
 in the conversation window a plugin could do it without much difficulty.

 Integrating the protocol icon into the status icon complicates the status
 icon, makes it harder to process as there is more happening visually, and
 keeps the protocols in the forefront of people's minds, which is something
 we think shouldn't be necessary.

 You hide it from people who don't care because if they have to see it they
 have to think about it or think about ignoring it, the people who want the
 information can find it anytime they need it in exactly the places that
 they need it.

 I have no problems with the idea of a plugin adding a protocol icon to the
 conversation window, and could probably even be convinced to include such
 a plugin in the source (though probably not to build it by default). Feel
 free to work on and submit one, even better would be to make that icon do
 something useful when clicked/right-clicked.

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Ticket URL: <http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/414#comment:60>
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