[Pidgin] #1458: Single click on system tray icon should launch contact list

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#1458: Single click on system tray icon should launch contact list
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 Reporter:  Swifty                       |        Owner:  datallah       
     Type:  patch                        |       Status:  new            
Milestone:  Patches Needing Improvement  |    Component:  winpidgin (gtk)
  Version:  2.5.2                        |   Resolution:                 
 Keywords:                               |  
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Comment(by Swifty):

 Replying to [comment:23 Zsolti]:
 > or [http://www.miranda-im.org/ Miranda].
 >
 > (and for a clear counterexample: Skype.)
 >

 Just to add my side of the discussion:

 {{{
 EditpadPro: Lanches EditpadPro window
 3m Postit Notes: Creates a new note
 The Wonderful Icon: Opens menu of choices
 Yankee Clipper II: Opens the application
 Microsoft TimeZone: Shows defined timezones
 Google Talk: Opens the application
 AllChars: Does nothing
 Apache Monitor: Opens top level of a menu
 Process Explorer: Opens the application
 Alcohol 52%: Does nothing
 MOZY: Does nothing
 Netlimiter 2 Monitor: Does nothing
 Lotus Mobility Client: Does Nothing
 Thinkbroadband meter: Does Nothing
 Symantec Client Firewall: Opens menu
 Creative Volume Control: Opens the volume control
 Windows Defender: Does nothing
 Symantec Antivirus: Does Nothing
 }}}


 So 8 of 18 do nothing. 7 of the 10 that do anything open up the most
 commonly used window belonging to the application.

 I wonder what value people see in having a control which can respond to a
 single click, but which ignores it?  For me, this is like those blank
 spaces on the dashboard of my car where, on a more expensive model, there
 is a switch that does something useful.

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Ticket URL: <http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/1458#comment:24>
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