Well. Just to add confusion to the whole mess, now Pidgin (which is 2.5.5 on my system) has gone back to its annoying behaviour.
My solution was a radical rethinking of what I use the taskbar for. I mostly just use it so I'll know if gmail has a new email for me. I never select applications with it using mouse. I always use Alt-Tab. So like Jerry above, I just removed it from the GNOME panel and stopped using it entirely. If it's going to be a battleground for applications to insist on giving me information I don't want or need, then why should I subject myself to it? Incidentally, the "fix" Jerry suggests, adding skip taskbar settings for Pidgin has a nasty side-effect (in Compiz, at least): You can no longer Alt-Tab to the buddy list, therefore can no longer use the arrow keys to select a buddy, then "enter" to start an IM conversation with that buddy. Not a usable workaround if you're a keyboard-oriented user. -- Buddy List taskbar icon shows on all virtual desktops https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/346840 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
