The status icon is the access point to all the IM application. You can't access to the buddy list using Fast User Switch Applet.
Without the Pidgin status icon, you must have the buddy list always opened, which is an obvious lack of ergonomy. Moreover, we are talking about Pidgin, but... what about any other IM? What about aMSN, Emesene, Gajim, Skype or Ekiga? Are all these programs wrong? Are all they need to be fixed in order to not having a status icon by default? IMHO, this is not the right direction. We can't expect to be able to replace the docking feature of all the present and future IM applications with only one applet (FUSA). IMHO, we must to stay, think and reconsider what's the FUSA status change usefulness. If the problem is only about icon duplicity, we propose to remove the FUSA status icon (see https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pidgin/+bug/273220/comments/9 for more details). By the way: I'm using both Pidgin and aMSN at the same time. When I change my status using FUSA, aMSN is not affected. What IM applications are affected by the FUSA status change? -- Pidgin should default to "Show system tray icon: On unread messages" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/290552 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
