[Bug 580882] Re: "favorite status message" feature is not documented

[Alfredo Pironti]

Sorry for being incomplete. When I choose a custom status, a greyed-out
star appears close to it. A tool-tip says "Click to make this status a
favorite".  By experimenting (clicking on the star) I discovered that a
"starred" custom status gets put among the selectable statuses. If I un-
start that status, it disappears from the ready-made statuses.

However, *before* clicking the star, it was not clear to me what a
"favourite status" was for (maybe it will look bold to my friends?, or
what?), so I searched into the empathy documentation, and found nothing
about it. As a wishlist, it would be nice if the documentation could
improved by adding a paragraph about the "favourite statuses", saying
something like:

"""
With favourite statuses, you can save the custom statuses you use the most, so that you can easily retrieve them later. In order to add a favourite status, first set a custom status. Then, click on the greyed star that appears close to it. The status is now a "favourite status", meaning it will appear in the list of the custom statuses you can choose from.

If you want to delete a favourite status, select it so that it becomes your current status. Then, click on the star, so that it becomes grayed. The status is now delete from the list.
"""

Or, maybe, the tool-tip could be changed to something like "Click to
make this status available in the status list". That is: it was not
clear to me that a "favourite" status is a status I use often. At first,
the word "favourite" and the star remembered me of the voting system you
use in rhythmbox to order your favourite songs (which is *not* the case
here :-) )

Thank you for your support.

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"favorite status message" feature is not documented
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/580882
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