[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:  closed      
Milestone:                  |    Component:  unclassified
  Version:  2.6.5           |   Resolution:  wontfix     
 Keywords:                  |  
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Comment(by jed):

 Replying to [comment:25 rekkanoryo]:
 > Upon further thought, I'm closing this as wontfix, as I'd prefer to axe
 protocol icons entirely instead of make them into even more of a
 misfeature than they already are.

 While I understand the protocol-agnostic philosophy behind pidgin's UI
 design, I think it's important to have protocol icons, and it's important
 that they be meaningful.

 The reason for this is, not everyone uses pidgin.  It's true that when
 you're talking to a pidgin user, it doesn't matter which protocol you're
 using.  But most of my friends don't use pidgin or any other unified IM
 client, and they usually have a "preferred" protocol that I should be
 using to chat with them.  This is often GTalk, and rarely Facebook.

 Before I hooked pidgin up to Facebook, this wasn't a problem.  I simply
 chose the "sub-contact" with the appropriate protocol icon and started
 talking to them.  But now, with both GTalk and FB in the mix, things are
 less nice.  Because their icons are identical, I have to look at the
 contact's account name to figure out whether it's GTalk or FB.

 Things will get even worse when you axe the protocol icons, as you say
 you're going to do.  Right now, at least I can distinguish GTalk from FB
 by looking at those ugly account names, and use the protocol icons to
 distinguish the rest.  But without protocol icons, how will I know whether
 "PidginFan2007" is an AIM account or a Yahoo account?

 If you can think of a better UI design to distinguish the different
 protocols, then by all means, axe the icons.  I'd be interested to hear
 about what you come up with.  But please don't axe them just because they
 happen to be inconvenient to support right now.

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