[Pidgin] #5453: Resizable input area.

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#5453: Resizable input area.
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Reporter:  harlandmct   |       Owner:  lschiere    
    Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new         
Priority:  minor        |   Component:  unclassified
 Version:  2.4.1        |    Keywords:              
 Pending:  0            |  
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 I've been told by one of your developers that the 'text area' changes are
 a feature and not a bug.  I respect the development teams choice, but I
 respectfully disagree.

 As a user I find this change mind boggling.  The original incarnation
 allowed for the best of worlds for everyone...if they cared for the
 default, they left it alone...if they required a larger text area...they
 could easily resize it.  The current implementation now seems
 unnecessarily complicated.  Rather than simply resizing my input area
 once, it is constantly resizing....jumping back and forth.  This is highly
 unintuitive and distracting to use.  I'm not sure what kind of users are
 only typing 3 or 4 words, but my friends and I type long messages to each
 other.  I also have long conversations with my boss during the work day
 and this current.  Isn't it a more expensive feature to have to constantly
 monitor how much text is in the text area so the box knows when to auto
 resize?  I'm sorry if this comes off as rude, but I'm extremely frustrated
 by the reluctance to leave such a logical feature alone.  It feels like
 the developers have taken usability away from me.  I want to be able to
 control the software I use...not the other way around.

 I think it's important to state that I also work in development, and while
 users can often be demanding...there are also times when they truly are
 correct about an issue.  I feel this is one of those times.  What makes
 sense from a development point of view may be completely wrong from a
 usability point of view.  Obviously, you want your software to be well
 designed, but if people stop using it due to stubbornness...then have you
 really succeeded?

 In my opinion, this change is a regression...not an improvement.  The
 majority of responses to the change has been negative.  Feel free to
 delete or ignore my post....I just felt it was important to voice my
 thoughts.

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