Re: [Gaim-devel] MSN people whining

[Marc E. <elc...@sb...>]

I like the MSN idea, but sometimes I want other people to see that I
closed the window 


On the other hand, the prefslash is getting out of hand, was timeouts
and closed windows switched to default "no" ?.. That is going to be hell
with all the annoying Windows MSN users.... things like "Didnt you see I
closed the window, etc etc etc)...

Also I dont agree with the tabbed layout.. removing all the preferences,
just to have 4 tabs on the top, why not have the prefs window like
Evolution's ?.....

I know this was discussed, but it annoys me

Some of the decisions the Gaim developers take are really annoying.. I
cant belive nobody has forked to a Gnomeified version of Gaim.... (which
would be great for gnome users).

On Sun, 2005-01-09 at 09:50 -0500, Christopher (siege) O'Brien wrote:
> > Fwiw, I liked the MSN pref too, and had it turned on so I could see 
> > > time-outs and closures. It was added because people whined. I used Esc 
> > > closes window a lot. I think this pref slashing is getting out of hand...
> > > 
> > > Regards,
> > > Rob
> 
> Maybe the MSN plugin could be rewritten so that the prpl's conv_closed
> wouldn't actually close the switchboard.  If a conversation is opened
> from Gaim, check first for an existing  non-timed-out switchboard. If
> a conversation is closed locally, effectively do nothing. When a 
> conversation is closed remotely or times out, remove it from the 
> collection of switchboards.
> 
> Effectively you'd never let anyone know you closed the window on them.
> 
> I'm interpolating a bit and guessing that MSN could be adopted to do
> this and that a timeout will happen on a channel if you just wait long
> enough. If I'm not mistaken in those regards, I'd be willing to work on
> this if people don't think the idea is terrible...
> 
> - siege
> 
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