[Pidgin] #3805: Disable/enable to Disconnect/connect + Context menu + Custom status

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#3805: Disable/enable to Disconnect/connect + Context menu + Custom status
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  Reporter:  dmitriid      |       Owner:  lschiere
      Type:  enhancement   |      Status:  closed  
  Priority:  minor         |   Milestone:          
 Component:  unclassified  |     Version:  2.2.2   
Resolution:  invalid       |    Keywords:          
   Pending:  0             |  
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Comment (by dmitriid):

 It's not me who is unwilling to experiment, it's developers who have
 managed to screw up the most basic of all of the IMs' functions - easy
 access to status changes.

 Basic use case:
 I need to disconnect from ICQ while keeping all other connections on.

 Miranda, SIM (insert your favorite IM here): Protocol context menu ->
 Status -> Offline

 Pidgin:
 Open up global status menu -> Click 'New...' (new global status? new
 custom status? what?) -> Click 'Use a different status' -> Select required
 protocol -> Select offline -> Click 'Use'


 If that's not excess, then I don't know what is.

 And it's not 'general grousing' as you put it. It's a sincere attempt to
 realise why something that was so simple in all other IMs is suddenly so
 long-winded and anti-user-friendly.

 All of the custom status changes can easily fit into "accounts" submenus
 or in pidgin's own context menu

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Ticket URL: <http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/3805#comment:3>
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