One contact is online (a cousin on mom's side). She is not at the top of the list. The list is alphabetical.
As I recall, icons representing people who sent messages used to flash and move to the top of the list until I read them. I'd like this behavior restored. I didn't see anything in the preferences-configuration to make such a setting obvious. We use instant messaging to communicate at work (I'm a work-from-home consultant). I maintain a sliver of empathy contact list mapped to all my screens (sticky) and on-top of other windows. That's a lot of screen space to allocate for a program that's not working as I hope. I often must mute my speakers, I don't always watch my screen for visual notification. (I sometimes sleep.) Whereas the notifications used to be passive---I'd peripherally see flashing, the notifications are active. Now I have to actively search the list. Also, you might say that the little green light flashes by unread messages. But with a only a sliver of screen space I like to see the names of people. Their icons, not the little exes and ohs and question marks. Thank you. (It occurs to me I could install an old version of empathy. Maybe.) ** Attachment added: "screenshot of empathy on-screen display" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/empathy/+bug/1084387/+attachment/3448061/+files/empathy.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1084387 Title: empathy sort To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/empathy/+bug/1084387/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
