Pidgin does not show the correct protocol name and icon

[mihai.ile]

Binary package hint: pidgin

When I added an account to pidgin I specified that I want an google talk protocol.

Inserted all info and hit the save button.
In the accounts window I get an Protocol: XMPP and not the google talk icon.

Why? I repeated the process several times but keeps placing the XMPP ptorocol type.

Note: everything works ok but why it does not say Google Talk and google's icon if I said so?
This is very very confusing to me. As a normal user, i have no idea what xmpp mean and don't want to know. If I select "Google talk" from the combo, i want it to be "Google talk" and not something else.

I am using Ubuntu 8.04 final (clean install)

P.S: if you say that well gtalk actually is xmpp, well I'll say that from the user's point of view you are wrong because :
He sees a label saying "Protocol:" and a box from where he chooses "Google Talk", result:
Protocol: Google Talk

This is a usability bug!

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Apr 26 16:08:14 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/pidgin
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Package: pidgin 1:2.4.1-1ubuntu2
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: pidgin
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-16-generic i686

[Mackenzie Morgan (maco.m)]

Uh, but it is XMPP. It only says Google Talk in the dropdown so you don't have to fill in the server on your own. If it was a GTalk logo instead, then they might think they can't talk to @jabber.org users, which would also be very very wrong. GTalk isn't its own protocol, just its own server.

[Magnus S (magnuss)]

Yes, this can create confusion for the users, i remember it made me confused when i started using GTalk a few years ago. My suggestion is to let the Account dialog also show the name of the service/service provider, see attached image for an example.

//magnus

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Thanks for the report, it has been some time without any response or feedback in this bug report and we are wondering if this is still an issue for you with the latest release of Ubuntu the Natty Narwhal, May you please test with that version and comment back if you're still having or not the issue? Please have a look at http://www.ubuntu.com/download to know how to install that version.Thanks in advance.

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