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[Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Apoorva Sharma wrote on 01/10/10 23:55:
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> Right now, the Messaging Menu and MeMenu are kind of connected, in that
> the functionality of the MeMenu changes by clicks in the Messaging Menu.
> For example, to get a text box for a broadcast account in the MeMenu,
> the user has to go to the Messaging Menu to start Gwibber. Furthermore,
> to actually use the inactive status buttons in the MeMenu, the user has
> to start chat from the messaging menu,

As Conscious user said, the IM status problem has always been a bug. The
Gwibber problem, on the other hand, is a design flaw.

>...
> One solution could be merging the two menus, but that could create too
> large a menu. A better solution could be to have the textbox and
> buttons appear when the user sets up the two accounts for the first
> time, and to keep them active.

I think both of those would make a lot of sense. Perhaps someone could
sketch what a combined menu might look like?

>...
> I would like to know what the rationale for the current functionality
> is.
>...

There is none.

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Matthew Paul Thomas
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