Public bug reported: Binary package hint: pidgin-libnotify
According to comments and a screenshot in bug 338695, custom buddy icons that pidgin-libnotify sends in notifications are blurry. (A similar problem with generic protocol icons has been fixed, bug 333497.) >From Åskar in bug 338695: "The issue with lowresicons in pidgins buddyicons (check here: http://pici.se/396034/ ) is unfixable. That image is the only image we get from MSN and there is no way to make it bigger without upscaling it (and making it look bad). The only way this can be fixed is to use a smaller picture inside the bubbles." First, we should verify that Åskar's diagnosis is correct. If it is correct, we should investigate ways in Notify OSD of making icons look less bad when they are smaller than the allocated size, without compromising the consistency of the Notify OSD bubble layout. One possibility would be to never scale up icons, but to center too- small icons inside a subtle grey square outline. (The equivalent problem in Rhythmbox is bug 360228, and in Banshee is bug 338695.) ** Affects: notify-osd (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: pidgin-libnotify (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: notify-osd (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Description changed: Binary package hint: pidgin-libnotify According to comments and a screenshot in bug 338695, custom buddy icons that pidgin-libnotify sends in notifications are blurry. (A similar problem with generic protocol icons has been fixed, bug 333497.) From Åskar in bug 338695: "The issue with lowresicons in pidgins buddyicons (check here: http://pici.se/396034/ ) is unfixable. That image is the only image we get from MSN and there is no way to make it bigger without upscaling it (and making it look bad). The only way this can be fixed is to use a smaller picture inside the bubbles." First, we should verify that Åskar's diagnosis is correct. If it is correct, we should investigate ways in Notify OSD of making icons look less bad when they are smaller than the allocated size, without compromising the consistency of the Notify OSD bubble layout. One possibility would be to never scale up icons, but to center too- small icons inside a subtle grey square outline. + + (The equivalent problem in Rhythmbox is bug 360228, and in Banshee is + bug 338695.) -- Pidgin buddy icons appear blurred in notification bubbles https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/364038 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
