[Pidgin] #387: lack of visual feedback when requesting buddy info

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#387: lack of visual feedback when requesting buddy info
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  Reporter:  chckens       |       Owner:     
      Type:  defect        |      Status:  new
  Priority:  minor         |   Milestone:     
 Component:  pidgin (gtk)  |     Version:  2.0
Resolution:                |    Keywords:     
   Pending:  0             |  
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Comment (by sadrul):

 I have made changes in Finch to bring up the userinfo dialog immediately
 when 'Get Info' is selected. The dialog shows "Information: Retrieving..."
 before the data is received from the server. When the data arrives, the
 information in the dialog is updated with the information. This approach
 also make sure that there's only one information dialog for one user, so
 even if you repeatedly 'Get Info' on a user, the information on the dialog
 for the user will be updated, instead of bringing up a new dialog.

 Something similar could be done for Pidgin.

 One problem with this: When there is an error when getting the
 information, prpl-s need to use _notify_userinfo (like MSN does), instead
 of using _notify_error (like Oscar does when the user is offline).

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