[Pidgin] #260: Wrong name for the conversation window with multiple tabs

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Thu Aug 13 13:12:17 EDT 2009


#260: Wrong name for the conversation window with multiple tabs
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 Reporter:  kaddar       |        Owner:  deryni      
     Type:  enhancement  |       Status:  new         
Milestone:               |    Component:  pidgin (gtk)
  Version:  2.0          |   Resolution:              
 Keywords:               |  
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Comment(by kaddar):

 Replying to [comment:20 msundman]:
 > Personally I really don't care who sent the last message, and I would
 like to point out that the taskbar-notification stuff is not the only
 relevant issue here. To select a tabbed window's taskbar text and icon
 based on the selected tab makes it very difficult to find the conversation
 you're looking for. See issue #8896 for details.

 Seriously guys?  This ticket is 2 years. old

 msundman , you state "personally I don't care who..", but go on to state
 something that is against usability.  I agree the icon should always be
 the pidgin icon, but you are just wrong about the taskbar title.  It is
 highly nonstandard, at least with windows interfaces.  I'm looking at my
 current taskbar and see 4 open programs which I can only identify by their
 icon, and which only state the "current relevant information".

 This isn't rocket science, it's trivial compared to video protocols, I
 don't see why so many posts on this ticket start out with "personally",
 it's a nonstandard, unintuitive interface.  Stop it.

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Ticket URL: <http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/260#comment:21>
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