Should not notify me about buddies signing in/out by default
Bug #345494 reported by
Jorge Castro
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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pidgin (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Wishlist
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: pidgin-libnotify
Now that this is shipped and enabled by default I get notifications when buddies sign in and out of their IM client. I have 40+ people in my IM list so this adds up to a bunch of spam throughout the day.
I think disabling the "Buddy signs on" by default would be a more sane choice in the libnotify popups dialog, after all I want to get notified when someone wants to talk to me, not when they sign into their computer. For people that need to find people when they login Pidgin already has a "pounce" feature that handles that more elegantly anyway.
Related forum discussion: http://
Related branches
lp:~indicator-applet-developers/indicator-applet/messages-packaging
- Indicator Applet Developers: Pending requested
- Diff: None lines
tags: | added: bitesize dxteam |
summary: |
- Should noy notify me about buddies signing in/out by default + Should not notify me about buddies signing in/out by default |
Changed in pidgin-libnotify (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
status: | New → Confirmed |
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This is a hugely annoying default, and even stands out from the field of somewhat annoying and seriously annoying defaults that Ubuntu has lately acquired. The popups are useless (you can't click on them), redundant (pidgin already has audio notification _and_ buddy pounce), and hard to remove (the config UI is not in the preferences pane of pidgin, and there's no system-wide notification preferences UI).
For the love of all that's good and holy in the world, please dump this "feature".