Ubuntu
empathy package

Ubuntu has the capability to keep me online while Empathy is closed, but still forces me to open Empathy

Bug #661285 reported by Jon Loldrup on 2010-10-15

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #550824: Once status is set to offline the me menu becomes disabled so can't be used to go online. Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	empathy (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: software-center

If I open Empathy, Empathy logs me in, I can close down Empathy, and then I will _stay online_ - people can talk to me and see my status.
Yet in spite of this feature, Ubuntu forces me to Open Empathy to get online. To get online, I open Empathy, close it down again. Wouldn't users find it more straightforward to have the option of being signed in automatically?

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Jon Loldrup (loldrup) wrote on 2010-10-15:

"Where did this binary package hint: software-center" come from?

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Omer Akram (om26er) wrote on 2010-10-15:

In Ubuntu 11.04 (expectedly) you wont need to open empathy. to sign in, you will be able to login by changing your status in the MeMenu.

affects:

software-center (Ubuntu) → empathy (Ubuntu)

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Jon Loldrup (loldrup) wrote on 2010-10-16:

Will it also be able to remember ones status between sessions? E.g., if I was online when I shut down my computer, will it automatically bring me back online when I turn it on again?

If so, then the only thing needed to free me from having to open the Pidgin window for doing regular IM-tasks is to list my online buddies in the i Messaging Menu.