On Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:18:18 -0500, Etan Reisner wrote: > Lastly, what about the current system do you feel is 'noisy'? Is there > something about it which could be changed which would mitigate your > dislike for it (other than removing it)?
I have to agree with the people who describe it as distracting. It makes the text bounce around, takes up a lot of space, and appears where you expect the conversation to go. I find myself looking at it much too often. I much preferred the old method with the typing notification in the menubar (I disable tabs): that way, I only knew if someone was typing if I specifically went out and looked for that information. I can't see any way to mitigate my dislike for this new behavior as long as the message necessarily interrupts the important parts of the conversation window, being what I'm saying and what someone else has said. Typing when there's a message there saying "(user) is typing..." also makes it feel like you're interrupting them. Is there any posibility of making this an option? I simply don't use Pidgin to be informed that someone might be about to send me a message. -- Tristan. _______________________________________________ Support mailing list [email protected] http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
