[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):

 Apewall: Yes, we were, not directly but they were there. Not to mention
 the fact that this change significantly cleans up the status icon column,
 by using just *one* icon to mean available as opposed to one per protocol
 you are connected with. The new method also means that the pidgin
 'branding' is more complete and uniform. Both of these are good things.

 The fact that you don't think the new method is better does not make the
 old method better. Neither does the fact that you aren't aware of the
 problems we saw with the way things used to be or the added simplicity we
 have seen people respond to with the new system.
 I have a doubt that you have dealt with anywhere near the number of users
 (both smart and dumb) that I have, let alone the total number of users the
 pidgin team has dealt with, so while you may not have had issues with the
 protocol icons I can assure you we have seen them.

 What preferences did you lose? Can you name one? We went through this
 discussion about preferences when they changed and you know what we found?
 Out of all of the preferences that we slashed only a very small handful
 were even commented on by people, of those mentioned one or two came back
 and the others were kept possible in better ways. Do you know how many
 people complain about the preference stuff now? None. I am 100% confident
 that this recent change will work in *exactly* the same way. Someone will
 come up with a plugin to give people just the protocol information they
 need in exactly the place they need it and everyone will be nice and happy
 about the change. Why? Because nothing important was removed or made
 difficult.

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