[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:  new              
  Priority:  minor         |   Milestone:                   
 Component:  pidgin (gtk)  |     Version:  2.4.0            
Resolution:                |    Keywords:  chat input resize
   Pending:  0             |  
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Comment (by K at sp3r):

 Well thank you very much William "It's Not A Bug It's A Feature" Gates.
 Is Pidgin now in the hands of M$ developers??  And that "It doesn't bother
 me so screw the rest of you guys" attitude should be tarred & pidgin-
 feathered.  The theory of "keeping the application useful" is absolute
 rubbish since the new version has rendered MY Instant Message window
 anything but.  And the IM nannies that say we shouldn't be typing more
 than a line anyway because that's what email is for can suck it too 'cuz I
 would relish being limited to a couple of lines considering I don't even
 have a SINGLE full line of text to type in.  In this build the only time I
 can see what I've typed at all is AFTER I've sent the message.  Is this
 the "usability feature" you guys are patting yourselves on the back about?
 Careful not to break your arm there, chief.

 I'm a relatively new user to Pidgin and haven't had any problems until now
 but the process of registering an account just to complain (like so many
 others here) was like pulling teeth in itself.  After trying the initial
 search on the issue then actually registering & leaving a reply (4 times
 in between errors) I've wasted over an hour of my life now staring at
 Server Overloaded error pages referencing a high load on the server!
 Hmmmm...I wonder why the server for technical support would be
 overloaded...oh yeah, all the people who upgraded are on it trying to
 figure out how to disable the new "Enhancement"!!!

 Back to Trillian for me.  In the number of years I've used & upgraded that
 nice little application it has never NOT worked.  If it ain't broke DON'T
 FIX IT!!!

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Ticket URL: <http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/4986#comment:88>
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