[Pidgin] #4986: automatic chat input field resizing should be optional, regression from 2.3

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#4986: automatic chat input field resizing should be optional, regression from 2.3
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  Reporter:  swbrown       |       Owner:                   
      Type:  enhancement   |      Status:  reopened         
  Priority:  minor         |   Milestone:                   
 Component:  pidgin (gtk)  |     Version:  2.4.0            
Resolution:                |    Keywords:  chat input resize
   Pending:  0             |  
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Comment (by kdorff):

 I think, at this point, the developers of Pidgin must be taking a
 psychology class... take away a feature '''everybody who uses IM knows and
 uses''' and replace it! Then largely ignore the community, watch the
 chaos, write a term paper about it. Another absurd option: The Pidgin
 developers must feel they have too many users, thus have no real interest
 in what their opinions are.

 hbons and loufoque: You say 25%/75% is right and will hake you happy. But
 why is that any better than what is in the auto-resize? Pidgin developers
 want 2 lines, you want 25% of the space. Why should the developers dictate
 the size? Why should you dictate the size (at 25%). We have a '''perfectly
 good solution''': make the size of the window the size that YOU want it.
 Why would we continue to regress to "just make it 25%/75%" and make the
 software even more unusable?

 The fact that they have a perfectly good solution (make auto-resize an
 option) and they continue for almost a month and a half to "just not care"
 is ridiculous. I loved Pidgin and I preached the religion to everyone I
 met. Now they are coming back to me and I have to propose other solutions.
 Half a dozen people I know have switched from Pidgin just because of this
 feature because they don't see it coming back. They aren't has happy with
 the alternatives but the auto-resize is just too annoying. Obviously, I
 completely agree with them.

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