[Pidgin] #1292: Status in buddies' tooltip is not needed - GUI improvement

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#1292: Status in buddies' tooltip is not needed - GUI improvement
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 Reporter:  oopdas                             |       Type:  defect
   Status:  new                                |   Priority:  minor 
Component:  pidgin (gtk)                       |    Version:  2.0.1 
 Keywords:  status icon tooltip protocol icon  |    Pending:  0     
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 When I move my mouse on my buddies in the list, a tooltip containing
 information such as status, account name, protocol will show up. I think
 that the status icon at top left corner of the tooltip is not needed since
 I already know his status from the buddy list. Worse yet, the top left
 corner is the most obvious place of a tooltip and is also the place where
 people (hopefully not just me) read the information first. The current
 tooltip has the most useless information at the most obvious place.

 There are many way to fix this. The quickest way would be just to get ride
 of the status icon in the tooltip. Another way, which is what I would like
 to see, is to put the protocol icon instead of the status icon at top left
 corner. I think this is very important as the buddy list no longer shows
 the protocols. I got irritated when I need to look for the small protocol
 icon, which appears at different places depending on whether the buddy has
 a personal icon and also on the width of the tooltip.

 If people still want the status icon at the top left corner, then I
 suggest putting the protocol icon on top of the status icon as shown on
 the attached picture.

 Either way, I think it fits the pidgin's theme of being simple and useful.
 It shouldn't be hard to modify the code to accommodate this request.

 Thanks!

 Credit: I don't know how to take screenshots of a tooltip on Ubuntu so I
 just cut the picture from ticket 414 and attached it.

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Ticket URL: <http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/1292>
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