[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):

 Nrbelex: The level of knowledge of the pidgin user base has little to do
 with age, and like I said, it is *astonishing* how lacking in common sense
 and generally understanding they have. Believe me, I'm not selling them
 short. I wish I was though.
 The protocol icons in the buddy list was not a feature. No one has been
 able to show me how it was in any way that isn't just wrong, coincidental,
 a bug, or better served in another way.
 Knowing what account to give someone has nothing to do with seeing icons
 on your buddy list. If you want a plugin to keep track of the numbers of
 buddies you have on each protocol that's fine. I support that, but it
 isn't a reason to have the icons on the buddy list at all times.
 I can't tell you specifically why there is an AOL icon other than to state
 that it is a modifier of an account in the same way that the mobile
 state/icon is. Truth be told I'd be fine removing the AOL icon since as
 far as I know at this stage of things it conveys very little information.
 Note that at one point it was very important, it meant that you couldn't
 IM them first, it meant that they couldn't read your away message, etc. So
 it really did matter, and you really did need to know.
 This report did get closed because the original poster was an angry troll
 who wasn't interested in discussing this, it is a shame that the real
 discussion had to follow that and not have its own ticket.

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