From: Eduardo <ep...@us...> - 2004-11-21 13:52:51
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On 2004-11-21 02:42:07 UTC, Luke Schierer wrote: > I rather like it, but it confuses more people than it helps i think > (based on bug reports and support requests), so my vote would be to > simply make gaim use the friendlyname/nickname (msn/icq respectively) in > place of screenname if set, and drop the alias. msn users can deal if > they have a long alias, they can suffer for their own stupidity. > > luke > > ps. yes i know some people use msn friendly names to make up for the > lack of auto response & away message, i consider that a hack, and a > stupid one at that. plus, if you are doing so, you should be changing it > when you come back anyway. Based on usage "msn friendly names" are "status messages". The alias is how I identify other people not how other people want to be identified by me. I strongly want to keep the alias. What I'd also like is to rename friendlyname/nickname (msn/icq respectively) to "status message" to stop confusing people. Using this terminology there's an account alias, a buddy alias, a way to see the buddy status (friendlyname/nickname (msn/icq respectively)), and a way to set the account status. Eduardo |