[Pidgin] #9046: Auto-away sets away message...

[Pidgin]

#9046: Auto-away sets away message...
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 Reporter:  Daemonax   |        Owner:  deryni      
     Type:  defect     |       Status:  new         
Milestone:             |    Component:  pidgin (gtk)
  Version:  2.5.5      |   Resolution:              
 Keywords:  Auto away  |  
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Comment(by leorolla):

 > The idea that the text currently reads as if written by the user is more
 valid criticism, I take that point.

 Nice!

 I don't want to play the troll, just wanted to stress that it hassles some
 much more than others.

 And the hassle is big enough to justify removing it, no matter small is
 such minority.

 I carry explaining this point because I really think that would improve
 Pidgin.

 For my selfish point of view, I would rather just hack the auto-away
 status message. It takes 5 seconds of my time (10 times more than what it
 takes to *install* Pidgin, but OK) and I may have ackward messages again
 when I forget to do that, but still that would be the best individual
 solution.

 > I just installed the Portuguese version of Pidgin (there are some UI
 issues here too: installer implies language might only be for installer,
 and localisation is not complete) and it sets the status in Portuguese.

 There are several other language issues, but that is not the point.

 E-mail quotation is a tiny part of the e-mail that people don't care about
 and normally not even notice (for the few who pay some attention to it at
 all, it's even charming to see that someone uses e-mail client in another
 language). Status message, on the other hand, is just *everything* you
 tell your contacts before you post the first "Hi, how are you?".

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Ticket URL: <http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/9046#comment:34>
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