I've found how Pidgin handles this issue very well for tabbed chat windows.
When you're currently focused on a chat window, I get the upper right notification about a new message and a new tab is added in the current chat window. Then, I only have to press Ctrl-Tab to see to the next new messages. It makes it easy and fast to find new messages when working in a tabbed window. I think that would make sense because when you change conversation tab soon after receiving a new message notification, you are most likely looking for the new conversation to which to reply. If there is a timer that signals that a new message is old already, then the behavior of Ctrl-Tab (or Ctrl-PageUp/Down) can return to default next/previous tab. When you're not focused on a chat window, focusing on a tabbed chat window can automatically set focus on the new conversation, as again, the most likely reason for focusing on a chat window soon after receiving a notification is to interact with the new message... On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 11:30 PM, ukblacknight <tom.blackni...@gmail.com>wrote: > If the windows are spawning behind other windows, how is it an > interference? They're not disrupting work flow as focus isn't being > stolen and they're not suddenly covering up any windows that are at the > front. > > I've never found fault with the way that Pidgin and emesene deal with > conversation windows spawning. The situation is, is that many people > are removing Empathy due to the fact that they're missing the > notification about a conversation, and they have their main contact > window closed. I have myself missed many conversations as they were > waiting for me to open them from the main window - not ideal. This was > one of the many reasons why I dismissed Empathy. > > -- > Open (but do not raise) new conversation windows automatically > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/206547 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in Chat app, and Telepathy user interface: Unknown > Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts: Triaged > Status in “empathy” package in Ubuntu: Triaged > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: empathy > > On up-to-date hardy amd64, when I receive a message, the tray icon start > blinking but the message is not shown. I have to click the tray icon to see > it on a new window (or an open window, depending on my confs). This is very > annoying, specially if my panel containing the tray is set to autohide. > There should be an option to open messages automatically and/or a better > visual message notification (like pidgin's guifications). > > Design "spec": https://wiki.ubuntu.com/OneHundredPaperCuts/Spec/206547 > > To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/empathy/+bug/206547/+subscribe > -- Open (but do not raise) new conversation windows automatically https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/206547 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to empathy in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
