On Fri, May 07, 2004 at 10:08:14AM -0500, Mike wrote:
I find that i often hit Win+D (close window binding) about 1/8th
of a second after i see a message pop in from someone. ... [I must] ask him/her to please repeat what was said.
Its far from ideal, but you could try setting automatic logging and
check the log after you delete the window.
As a side-note, What I would like to see in an IM client is a consistent chat history within windows - i.e. you open up a `new' IM to a contact and your entire conversation history is presented (at least until you ask it to be forgotten). The window after all can be considered one view onto the underlying model/data and deleting the view shouldn't affect the data (despite what Heisenberg suggests ;) )
Gaim actually has a plugin for placing the previous conversation at the start of a new one (when logging is enabled), this is helpful for those "accidental" removals of windows.
This, of course, doesn't remove the annoyance of having to go and open the window again, but it helps.
On a side note, thanks to those who *did* mention bitlbee, I've started using that (instead of gaim), and quite enjoy it. Also started using irssi.
j
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