[Pidgin] #7389: Status when changing to Available

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#7389: Status when changing to Available
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 Reporter:  alongfield     |        Owner:  lschiere    
     Type:  defect         |       Status:  new         
Milestone:                 |    Component:  unclassified
  Version:  2.5.2          |   Resolution:              
 Keywords:  status change  |  
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Comment(by deryni):

 If there is one thing the debate about this feature showed me/us it is
 that it is all but impossible to satisfy 'most' users when it comes to
 this feature.

 The way pidgin used to work caused people who like to keep the same
 message in use at all times, or even just for long(er) periods of time
 (regardless of status type) a relatively large amount of effort to make
 pidgin work the way they wanted it to.

 The current mechanism causes the people who don't do that or who have
 largely single-use messages to expend a relatively small amount of effort
 (a single press of the backspace key) to get pidgin to do what they want
 it to do.

 It seems reasonable to me that there are likely a fair number of people
 who might want to keep a status message when going away but not want to
 keep it when coming back from away, but I think it likely overstates the
 number to claim that it is a clear majority. Likewise, I couldn't say with
 any amount of certainty that either of the other types of user represents
 a clear majority. Given all of the above, and the numerous discussions
 that occurred about this topic the current mechanism was decided on as a
 compromise which served as many users of as many types as possible with as
 little cost to those whom it doesn't serve perfectly.

 We are always open to further refinement of the idea, I'm just not sure
 the proposed solution actually helps in any significant way.

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