[Pidgin] #9639: "Add Account" window closes even when details are verifiably wrong

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#9639: "Add Account" window closes even when details are verifiably wrong
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 Reporter:  mpt          |        Owner:  deryni      
     Type:  enhancement  |       Status:  new         
Milestone:               |    Component:  pidgin (gtk)
  Version:  2.5.5        |   Resolution:              
 Keywords:               |  
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Changes (by deryni):

  * owner:  => deryni


Comment:

 So actually the most interesting thing to me about the user testing story
 is that it would appear that allowing buddy list to be hidden to the
 system tray by default is rather user unfriendly. Something that doesn't
 surprise me as it is a decidedly odd feature to begin with.

 pidgin could only reasonably attempt to sign in to the account if after
 saving the account the account would be signed in (that is if the current
 status says it should be), which I will grant will cover some large
 percentage of cases. However, I'm worried about the lack of consistency
 inherent there as well as the fact that signing people in involves
 exposing their presence to the people authorized to see their presence and
 that may or may not be something people expect (especially if they know
 enough to know that the account will not be signed on given the current
 status).

 If we want to specifically target absolute first time users then a plugin
 could be created which does something like this. It would need to watch
 for the account to be added and wait for the account to either connect or
 fail and on failure dismiss the buddy list error mini-dialog and pop up
 the account dialog again (with possibly an extra error dialog or
 something).

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Ticket URL: <http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/9639#comment:2>
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