[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 Maniac):

 I'm quite dissapointed at the removal of this feature. I recently switched
 from trillian to gaim2.0.0 beta5, and then upgraded to pidgin 2.0.0 beta 7
 earlier this week. I was hoping it was just overlooked in that version,
 and that it was re-enabled in pidgin 2.0.0 final. This is one of the main
 features I looked for when I was choosing a Multi-IM client. The recent
 removal of this feature (IE dumbing down of the client) has greatly
 detracted from my experience while using pidgin.

 This is not for any particular reason such as file sending or offline
 IM's. This is for the simple reason that I want to know which protocol I
 am sending over. If the protocols didn't matter there wouldn't be
 different protocols.

 If an option to enable per-protocol Icons (such as the option trillian
 has) isn't added as a plugin or built back into the program, I'm probably
 going to roll back to gaim beta 5 or trillian. It was good while it
 lasted, but not everyone wants things to be invisible from the user.

 Simple != better.

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