[Bug 1084387] Re: empathy sort

[b49P23TIvg]

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"
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