[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):

 How has this change "positively" impacted anything, were you actually
 receiving complaints of people "being confused" by the protocol icons on
 the buddy list or what?

 And your example, if they understand which "image" of the protocol they
 are using, they will still understand what the image overlayed onto the
 online icon means.

 My reason for stating the old method of being better is because, the new
 one offers nothing "better", it does not make Pidgin quicker or easier to
 use, it has no real benefit whatsoever to a user, and the inclusion of
 icons in the previous versions caused no problem, as I can tell you I've
 converted many (dumb) users from other protocols to pidgin and they
 understood immediately what those icons meant, and were not hindered by
 them at all.

 You didn't state on this but i'll give an example, the change of the
 preference system that was in 1.x.x compared to 2.0.0, The new method is
 definitely quicker for new users to setup, but its rather bothersome for
 us older users who no longer have a plethora of options at our disposal
 conveniently placed and organized in the same location.

 In my opinion the new method is not "better", it is "simpler".

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