btw, besides the point of the preferences not working, I would be satisfied with ANY of the following when I receive an IM:
a. chat window pops up and steals focus (lots of people don't like this, which is understandable) b. small NON-HIDDEN blinking icon somewhere (some people don't like this, which seems debatable) c. small NON-HIDDEN non-blinking icon somewhere that merely changes color -- even that's easier to notice than something that requires me to keep compulsively checking with my mouse (how can anyone seriously be against this?) Yet somehow, the only scenario I am able to get is: d. small hidden icon -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to empathy in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/206547 Title: Open (but do not raise) new conversation windows automatically Status in Chat app, and Telepathy user interface: Fix Released Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts: Fix Released Status in “empathy” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Binary package hint: empathy On up-to-date hardy amd64, when I receive a message, the tray icon start blinking but the message is not shown. I have to click the tray icon to see it on a new window (or an open window, depending on my confs). This is very annoying, specially if my panel containing the tray is set to autohide. There should be an option to open messages automatically and/or a better visual message notification (like pidgin's guifications). Design "spec": https://wiki.ubuntu.com/OneHundredPaperCuts/Spec/206547 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/empathy/+bug/206547/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
