[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 racooper):

 For me, it's a comfort level: I'm used to it this way.  I moved to Gaim to
 avoid having to open two different chat clients (AIM and ICQ).  Once on
 Gaim, I added my Yahoo account because it happened to be available in the
 client.  I still avoid using the Yahoo (and AIM) users unless absolutely
 necessary, especially when my contacts are available on multiple services.
 I understand the "grouping" concept and the priority order, but I don't
 like keeping them grouped; I prefer individual entries for most of my
 contacts, so I can see which services they are available on at a glance.
 This is the kind of development decision that will have me remain at Beta6
 as long as the protocols allow.

 The best argument I can make is that I have contacts who log in with
 multiple protocols, and the same name, on different PCs (in different
 offices) but leave the accounts active (never set Away or log off).  The
 only way I know where that contact is at any moment is how long he is idle
 on a particular protocol.  A message I send to either of his contacts will
 be received, but he may not see it for hours if he is in the other office.
 By checking the idle times in the buddy list, I can tell which protocol to
 send to where it will be received soonest.

 But, as long as changes for the "better" are being made, how about
 implementing the ICQ "floating contacts" finally?  That was the one
 feature I miss from the ICQ client that never made it into
 Gaim`^h^h^h^h`Pidgin.

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