Pidgen - Enhancement / Improvement

2009-07-20 Thread Gordon Stewart
Hi, I like pidgin, except I have a suggestion I want to make :- :- When people talk with me directly, the Pidgin icon in the tray flashes, so i can see when someone talks... :- I am usually in a chat room, with only a few selected people, it may be HOURS of silent, then someone speaks..

Query - Joining rooms

2009-08-20 Thread Gordon Stewart
Hi, I've got pidgin set up, so that if anyone goes into the room, I automatically enter it. HOWEVER, if no one else is in the room, I cannot join it be the first to be in it Is this normal ?? -- G Freecycle Auckland :- http://www.freecycle.org/

Last seen ?

2010-03-26 Thread Gordon Stewart
Hello. a query re the last seen (online) detail. example :- one of my contacts was last seen 10 days ago... If I'm normally online from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. (pidgin is turned on aswell) one of my contacts was online earlier in the day, but logged off at 5 p.m. - Before I logged on. does the

Visability...

2010-04-09 Thread Gordon Stewart
Good day. when using pidgin, (one of the recent versions..) I can mark a yahoo person as showing on my screen, even if they are logged off (I do not show other logged off people).. now, this setting sticks remains for that particular person - no matter how many times I log off log back in, I

pounce

2010-04-09 Thread Gordon Stewart
Hi, I've just added a pounce on someone - but can't see a way to view / edit / remove the pounce. (or to confirm the pounce is active) If I right-click pounce the user again, I just get the default template.. (using latest version - confirmed) -- G Freecycle Auckland :-

Re: Visability...

2010-04-10 Thread Gordon Stewart
On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 2:12 AM, Daniel Atallah datal...@pidgin.im wrote: The Official Client is the one distributed by yahoo themselves, not some newer version of Pidgin. Last I knew, the functionality you are asking for didn't exist in that client.  Unless that has changed, it can't exist

Re: Visability...

2010-04-10 Thread Gordon Stewart
On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 1:29 PM, Programmer In Training p...@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us wrote: Those functions you are talking about (appear visible and appear permanently offline) are part of the protocol. If it isn't part of the official protocol, Pidgin cannot implement it, if I'm understanding

security login ?

2010-12-28 Thread Gordon Stewart
Hi.. Has pidgen got a security login / password - I have 3-4 different users logged in, if i close the pidgen, another person can open it up instantly get access to my chats / buddies with no password requirement. (unless i lock / shut down the pc - they log in at that point...) -- G

ip address

2011-02-02 Thread Gordon Stewart
Hello. I'm using pidgen to chat with someone on yahoo... is there a way in pidgen (or yahoo messenger) to find the ip address of the other person ? I dont need to know 'exactly' where they are - just the country. i'm not sure if they're telling truth. -- G Auckland Freecycle - New Zealand

Enabling / Blocking account

2011-05-13 Thread Gordon Stewart
Hello. Basically i've got a friend I dont want to see (Yahoo / Pidgin)... If I remove them, they're off my screen - But will that automatically remove me off their screen ? or is blocking the only way ? -- G Auckland North Shore Freecycle - New Zealand http://nz.freecycle.org/

Pidgin - yahoo - Not on Server list

2011-06-11 Thread Gordon Stewart
Hi. How do I know a person is 'blocked' how do I unblock them ? The persons status is offline not on server list. I'm using Pidgin 2.6.6 on Ubuntu 10.04. Ps there is a red circle with a line through it - on the right side of the user-list against the persons name. -- G Auckland North