FWIW, since the Ubuntu patch was released I've just modified my behaviour to click on the pulsing entry in the task bar instead of the tray icon. I agree with the arguments on the Pidgin bug about not fighting the DE, and it not really being an issue with Pidgin per se.
I guess what we want is for Metacity to provide for applications to say "Yes, I really do want to warp workspace/move my window here", which Pidgin could then implement/pref as necessary. For my particular use case - switching when someone messages me - I'm pacified by the patch as is to not consider this a major usability issue.
That's not to say that I don't see the value in modifying Metacity. Often I want to click on a tray icon to (say) switch to Rhythmbox which is up in another workspace, but this doesn't work, as an irritating side-effect of this patch. The current behaviour is OK, but IMHO it should only last for as long as absolutely necessary until a better solution can be found.
FWIW, since the Ubuntu patch was released I've just modified my behaviour to click on the pulsing entry in the task bar instead of the tray icon. I agree with the arguments on the Pidgin bug about not fighting the DE, and it not really being an issue with Pidgin per se.
I guess what we want is for Metacity to provide for applications to say "Yes, I really do want to warp workspace/move my window here", which Pidgin could then implement/pref as necessary. For my particular use case - switching when someone messages me - I'm pacified by the patch as is to not consider this a major usability issue.
That's not to say that I don't see the value in modifying Metacity. Often I want to click on a tray icon to (say) switch to Rhythmbox which is up in another workspace, but this doesn't work, as an irritating side-effect of this patch. The current behaviour is OK, but IMHO it should only last for as long as absolutely necessary until a better solution can be found.