[Bug 462008] [NEW] Use Message Indicators Should Be Off By Default

[Lonnie]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: empathy

By default, in the upcoming release. I don't think empathy should rest
in the indicator-applet. Therefore, under Edit > Preference >
Notifications, I'm suggesting that "Use Message Indicators" be unchecked
by default.

Most users are coming from pidgin, and they are accustom to seeing a
applet specifically for IM in the top-right panel. I know this would
confuse my Uncle, who I previously set up to use pidgin. He doesn't know
he is even using pidgin, he just know click something green. Now his got
to click the indicator-applet, and the click "Empathy"?

Having Empathy in the indicator-applet only adds an additional step to
the process of viewing your Contact List. Given the abundance of space
for the top-right panel, I like Empathy to have an applet all to itself.
We must strive to reduce steps when possible. Plus, we must take into
consideration the most painless path as Ubuntu migrates from Pidgin to
Empathy.

I see no purpose for the indicator-applet at all. It is just like the
drawer applet, and while being an unnecessary space-saver (on a clean
install), it only adds a step to getting to what your looking for.
Empathy is inconspicuous enough without hiding your chats in a drawer
too!

Bubble notification are fine, if you are at your computer when they
occur, but what if you are away when they come in? You come back to your
computer and that chat is hidden in a drawer? My Uncle will shut down
his computer without seeing them. I say make it be annoying apparent by
default, and allow sophisticated users to change setting to more subtle
preferences. That's my philosophy.

Thanks for Reading,

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http://www.lonniebest.com/Phone/

** Affects: empathy (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Use Message Indicators Should Be Off By Default
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