[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):

 The fact that protocol icons 'happen' to work for a scenario like that
 does not in any way make them the right solution for it. This also only
 happens to work when the protocol in question is the 'top' one. If you
 replace 'Groupwise IM client' with 'AIM client' then your scenario doesn't
 do anything because you wouldn't notice *even with protocol icons*. So it
 is, at absolute best, a weak scenario.

 Is the laptop your only system here? If so then the fact that you ignored
 (or forgot) about the 'you were disconnected' error message isn't pidgin's
 fault. It it isn't then this isn't an issue.

 If you want to always see which accounts are enabled/online in your buddy
 list window, that's an acceptable thing to want, and there is the Accounts
 menu for that, there have also been plugins which add protocol icons
 representing each account to the buddy list, there is also the mystatusbox
 plugin which adds per-account status selectors to the buddy list, all of
 which give you the *actual* information you want and not just a more-or-
 less poor approximation to it.

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Ticket URL: <http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/414#comment:71>
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