From: Luke S. <lsc...@re...> - 2002-09-18 01:48:46
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On Tue, Sep 17, 2002 at 09:21:54PM -0400, Sean Egan wrote: > On Tue, 2002-09-17 at 21:15, David Fallon wrote: > > Since I use icq for 90% of my buddies, that was indeed why I turned the > > option on (and was thankful it was there). I don't really see a downside > > to having it on (and/or the default), since presumably for the users who > > don't have aliases, it just substitutes the actual username. > > > > On Tue, 2002-09-17 at 18:10, Adam Feakin wrote: > > > It does make sense, in ICQ, to use the alias and not the number though. > > > Do you really remember everyones ICQ numbers? (for people who actually > > > have ICQ contacts :) ). I didn't see the original discussion about > > > this, and I dont really care cuz I dont use the ticker, but.. i know it > > > makes sense :) > > > > > > [yes, I know I should stick my response at the bottom :) ] > > Yes, it is useful for Gadu-gadu and for ICQ. The problem with it is > that it can be very easy to have no clue whom you're talking to when the > feature is turned on. > > I'm seanegn on AIM and se...@ja... on Jabber. Perhaps you have > both aliased to "Sean Egan." Now you double click "Sean Egan" on your > buddy list and open up a conversation. You accidentally change the > "Send message as:" menu. You have no way of knowing what to change it > back to. > hence we make it so that you don't have to worry about it with person support ;-) now if only i could find more time and make some significant progress. i hate school. luke > > > > On Tue, Sep 17, 2002 at 09:01:21PM -0400, Sean Egan wrote: > > > > I agree with Eric on this... so sod off, the lot of you. > > > > > > > > -s. > > > > > > > > On Tue, 2002-09-17 at 20:30, Luke Schierer wrote: > > > > > On Tue, Sep 17, 2002 at 08:27:30PM -0400, Ben Neuman wrote: > > > > > > On 17 Sep 2002 17:21:32 -0700 > > > > > > David Fallon <da...@d2...> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > awesome! Will this work for both branches, or should I figure out how to > > > > > > > fix it for head as well? Awesome proggie, btw - I used gabber for a long > > > > > > > time, but it never really worked well for me. This has just worked.... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On a separate note, I'd recommend turning on "Show aliases in > > > > > > > tabs/titles/ticker" by default - I almost ran off and coded something > > > > > > > for this until I noticed the option while digging in the source. Much > > > > > > > more useful on, as by definition the alias is what you want to know > > > > > > > about. > > > > > > > > > > > > Heh...as I recall, it took a great deal of needling the [former] developer to even get this feature in gaim in optional form. > > > > > > > > > > eric liked making people know the screenname ;-) > > > > > luke > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > This SF.NET email is sponsored by: AMD - Your access to the experts > > > > > > on Hammer Technology! Open Source & Linux Developers, register now > > > > > > for the AMD Developer Symposium. 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