[Pidgin] #14315: Pidgin 2.8.0 AIM buddy Icon black background not animating

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Tue Jun 21 10:53:43 EDT 2011


#14315: Pidgin 2.8.0 AIM buddy Icon black background not animating
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 Reporter:  Mother Fo                            |        Owner:              
     Type:  defect                               |       Status:  new         
Milestone:                                       |    Component:  pidgin (gtk)
  Version:  2.8.0                                |   Resolution:              
 Keywords:  buddy icon  buddyicon black animate  |  
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Comment(by Mother Fo):

 Replying to [comment:1 MarkDoliner]:
 > I think this happens because the icon is scaled down to at most 64x64.
 I think the code in Pidgin that resizes the icon doesn't handle animated
 gifs correctly.
 >
 > This might be a fun bug for a new developer to work on.

 Haha nice, yes it's strange it works fine when setting as a custom icon,
 but not when you actually set it via edit account. Again, I've only
 noticed it in the latest version. Thanks again!

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