[Pidgin] #11339: Custom Protocol Icons

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#11339: Custom Protocol Icons
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 Reporter:  Universe_JDJ    |        Owner:  rekkanoryo  
     Type:  rejected_patch  |       Status:  new         
Milestone:                  |    Component:  unclassified
  Version:  2.6.5           |   Resolution:              
 Keywords:                  |  
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Comment(by Rohaq):

 Replying to [comment:19 hobarrera]:
 > There are two another approaches I believe no-one has made.[[BR]]
 > When a user selects "Google Talk" as a new account type, it
 automatically creates an XMPP account, therefore, it's contacts are XMPP
 contacts, and there's no way back.
 >
 > It would, howevere, be posible to create a new GTalk plugin which is
 just a wrapper for the normal XMPP plugin as far as client-server
 communication goes, '''however''', contacts belonging to GTalk-type
 account can has different icons - since different prpls have different
 icons.
 >
 > This also open the doors to add GTalk-specific extensions to the plugin
 (like the "appear offline" capability that AFAIK, is not XMPP-standart).
 >
 > Is this possible? Or did I forget some ''really'' important point that
 makes this idea ridiculous?

 The only point I'd have to make here is that there are more XMPP based IM
 services that would benefit from custom icons than just GTalk - things
 like Facebook, or the chat service at my place of work, but I think that
 writing wrappers for each individual service would be something of a waste
 of time.

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