OK, follow-up after briefly discussing this issue during the dedicated
IRC session of UbuntuOpenWeek ("An introduction to the messaging
indicator" session by Ken Van Dine)<guillom> QUESTION: the indicator applet now notifies about things that were filtered (and hidden) before (e.g. the getting-online notifications from pidgin when in silent mode); this looks like a regression, since now one is overwhelmed by useless notifications ; is this behaviour a bug, a feature or a matter of configuration?. <kenvandine_wk> yes and no <kenvandine_wk> for example, if your friend Jorge shows up online, yes it adds an indicator for that even so you can quickly IM him if you want to harrass him :) <kenvandine_wk> but <kenvandine_wk> since jorge didn't IM you, it goes away after some time limit without acting on it <kenvandine_wk> i think it is like 30 seconds, but not sure [...] <kenvandine_wk> the indicator is more event based, it doesn't care what creates it [...] <kenvandine_wk> pidgin tells the indicator when there is an event you should be concerned about It is a regression, since the indicator forces the display of notifications that the user chose to ignore by enabling the "silent mode" in Pidgin. But from what I understand of what Ken said, the issue comes from Pidgin, who doesn't filter the notification before it's sent to the indicator. So, it rather sounds like a Pidgin bug. If so, can someone close this one? -- Indicator-applet displays getting-online notifications from Pidgin even if Pidgin is in silent mode https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/367865 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Indicator Applet Developers, which is the registrant for Indicator Applet. Status in Indicator Applet: New Bug description: The "silent" mode in Pidgin used to prevent the "X is now online" notifications from popping up when you're busy. Since Jaunty & the new indicator applet, this indicator displays all these notifications even if Pidgin is in "silent" mode, which completely nullifies this option. Nobody on IRC was able to tell me if this was a bug, a feature or a matter of configuration. Expected behaviour: When Pidgin is in "silent" mode, the indicator applet shouldn't display the "X is now online" notifications, it should only display the "new chat" notifications. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dx-team Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dx-team More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
