[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 Apewall):

 Replying to [comment:74 Nrbelex]:
 > As this dies down I'll make my final case as well. With the new system,
 it becomes very difficult to realize that an entire protocol is down. You
 might realize that a friend who is usually online isn't, but you can't do
 a quick spot-check of your list and notice that all people on that
 protocol are missing. Now you must try to remember which individual users
 are on which protocol and check individually... assuming you can remember
 something like that since we're apparently trying to be weened off the
 idea of each of our buddies is on particular protocol.
 >
 > Adding the icon wouldn't necessitate putting a whole new icon next to
 every buddy. Perhaps a small symbol indicating the protocol could be
 overlayed on top of the green dot. Something akin to the
 [http://developer.pidgin.im/attachment/ticket/414/Pidgin%20Icon%20List%20Sample.2.jpg
 mockup up top]. Now if only coding were as easy as Wiki-Markup-Language...
 I'd make a plugin for sure...


 Nrbelex, this is the EXACT example i was referring to in my statements, I
 don't see how hiding the icons is "useful" at all, obviously if a user can
 understand they need to choose different protocol accounts to setup to
 contact users on different protocols, they will -ALL- understand what the
 symbol overlayed on the icon means, and why it is there, the feature only
 lessoned confusion, not created it.

 It is easy to state "People will calm down when they are used to it" but
 the fact remains that the old method was absolutely and positively better,
 and that users of Pidgin are generally and most likely, probably not the
 type of people who are ignorant to protocols.  Dumbing down features to
 make Pidgin "easier" is not the direction I think Pidgin users wanted it
 to go, we tend to like quality, complexity, and configurability, as why we
 chose Pidgin in the first place.

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