Re: [Gaim-devel] Buddy icon

[Andrew S. <gt...@ma...>]

Quoting Don Seiler <do...@se...>:
> On 19:29 Wed 21 Jul     , Wim De Smet wrote:
> > Why do we want to keep logs of old conversations? Just wastes space o=
ver
> > time.... Images are often a statement of some sort so I wouldn't be
> > surprised if people would want to hang on to them for a while.
>
> Comparing logs to a buddy icon is asinine.  I often need to go back int=
o
> logs and find information.  If you want to save the buddy icon so bad,
> just right-click it and save it.

This feature is more of an "undelete" request. Many linux apps don't have=
 this,
but the simple truth is that if done correctly it could be useful. At a s=
imple
level, it would remove the problem of somebody changing their icon on acc=
ident
or forgetting that they don't have another copy of the image anymore. Wit=
h
maturity, this kind of code could make way for the account dialog having =
a
browsable history of icons. This would help with task orientation because=
 the
user could have a bunch of icons set up in the program they're using, rat=
her
than needing to go to the file system and make a directory of some sort t=
o
manage buddy icons.
--
Andrew Sayman