* Quoting Trip who at 2008-03-29 11:22:12-0400 (Sat) wrote > I'm very much not a programmer, but am a Kubuntu Linux user who has > chosen to use Pidgin IM over Kopete for some of Pidgin's excellent > plugins and features. For example, the scrolling of messages rather > than just "appearing" is an excellent usability feature that I don't > think I can do without anymore. Psychic mode alerts me in advance when > messages are coming.
Cool, someone else likes the smooth scrolling :) > > But I cannot stand the new typing notification. It completely breaks > how I use IM and makes my life more difficult. I tend to "stick" IM > windows above whatever else I'm doing, and then watch for any new > messages to scroll up. (Please also note that I have tabs disabled; > each conversation has its own window) The scrolling behavior allows > enough movement for my eye to catch when a new message comes in, and is > probably the largest reason I chose Pidgin IM over any alternative. > Since now messages scroll up when a message is being typed, it distracts > me from my other tasks when no message has been sent. Further, when > someone does type a message, if it is short, no movement occurs and I > often miss the message. Several users have raised this point, but I do not recall the developers replying to this. This I think is a valid objection and would be quite simply solved by reserving a line at the bottom of the window, where typing notifications can come and go without causing anything to scroll. I do not know why this change has not been made. If you are building Pidgin from source yourself, you can make it work this way by inserting "#define RESERVE_LINE" in pidgin/gtkconv.c before compiling. Regards, _______________________________________________ Support mailing list [email protected] http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
