[Pidgin] #8323: Log finds latest instance first

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#8323: Log finds latest instance first
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 Reporter:  endolith  |           Owner:  lschiere    
     Type:  defect    |          Status:  new         
Milestone:            |       Component:  unclassified
  Version:  2.5.2     |      Resolution:              
 Keywords:            |   Launchpad_bug:              
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Comment(by endolith):

 Replying to [comment:7 deryni]:
 > You claim it is jarring, I've never been 'jarred' by it. I have been
 annoyed by the default placement in the window, however.

 Right.  When you search for something, the first result is at the end of
 the conversation that you are searching.  In any other program, this would
 mean that there was only one result, so you click the next conversation
 and look for matches there.  In actuality, there may have been more than
 one match in that conversation, but it's really searching through the
 conversation backwards, and further results will be found further ''up''
 the conversation instead of down.  It's the opposite of the way search
 works in every other program, making the output misleading and confusing
 the user when they know that something's there but can't find it.

 > and no proof that the benefit to switching is anywhere near strong
 enough to warrant breaking everyone's habituation to the current system
 (which has been in place for as long as I know).

 But the habituation only exists because of the bug!  People wouldn't need
 to habituate to it if it worked properly.  This line of reasoning is
 really boggling.  We shouldn't fix things because people have gotten used
 to them being broken?

 > The fact that to date I can't recall anyone else complaining about this
 is indicative of the fact that of the small set of people who actually use
 the pidgin log viewer none has so far been motivated enough to file a
 ticket/send an email/etc. about this (if they actually see this as an
 issue in the first place).

 I've noticed this since I first started using Gaim, and assumed it was
 such an obvious bug that it would be fixed with the next release. After
 many releases with no fix, I decided to check on it and didn't find an
 existing report.  Am I the only person who uses the search button?

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