Public bug reported:
In the Messaging Menu, we have a nice pattern (let's call it "Now
Available") where presence-aware applications can put a temporary menu
item in the messaging menu to let you "pounce" on someone who becomes
available.
The experience of course works best in conjunction with ephemeral
notifications. So you see "Jane is online" and then can immediately open
up a conversation through the messaging menu. The menu item for Jane
doesn't have the time displayed, so it's distinguished from the menu
items that actually correspond to a message being received. If you don't
bother, Jane fades into the background (your buddy list still has her
and you can initiate a conversation there).
At the moment, the Messaging Menu indicates "messages available" by
changing state. This looks like a green dot on Ubuntu, which is
displayed for BOTH "messages available" and "people just signed in". I
think the "messages available" state would be more useful if it only
reflected real messages, and not the temporary menu items.
WAYS TO REPRODUCE:
1. Wait till a Pidgin buddy becomes available.
WHAT HAPPENS
1. you will see an ephemeral notification AND the messaging menu turns
green.
WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN
1. You see the ephemeral notification but the messaging menu doesn't change
state.
2. Clicking on the messaging menu will show some temporary items but won't
indicate "messages available" for those.
** Affects: indicator-applet
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Messaging menu should not signal temporary items
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/362266
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Status in Indicator Applet: New
Bug description:
In the Messaging Menu, we have a nice pattern (let's call it "Now Available")
where presence-aware applications can put a temporary menu item in the
messaging menu to let you "pounce" on someone who becomes available.
The experience of course works best in conjunction with ephemeral
notifications. So you see "Jane is online" and then can immediately open up a
conversation through the messaging menu. The menu item for Jane doesn't have
the time displayed, so it's distinguished from the menu items that actually
correspond to a message being received. If you don't bother, Jane fades into
the background (your buddy list still has her and you can initiate a
conversation there).
At the moment, the Messaging Menu indicates "messages available" by changing
state. This looks like a green dot on Ubuntu, which is displayed for BOTH
"messages available" and "people just signed in". I think the "messages
available" state would be more useful if it only reflected real messages, and
not the temporary menu items.
WAYS TO REPRODUCE:
1. Wait till a Pidgin buddy becomes available.
WHAT HAPPENS
1. you will see an ephemeral notification AND the messaging menu turns green.
WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN
1. You see the ephemeral notification but the messaging menu doesn't change
state.
2. Clicking on the messaging menu will show some temporary items but won't
indicate "messages available" for those.
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