Bug 153788

Summary:	Wishlist : more informations about contacts (has me, last see online, online for), and better organisation
Product:	[Unmaintained] kopete	Reporter:	cannibal_bill <cannibal_bill>
Component:	Contact list	Assignee:	Kopete Developers <kopete-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Severity:	wishlist
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description cannibal_bill 2007-12-10 18:08:06 UTC

Version: 0.12.7 obtained with kubuntu 7.10 (maybe updated afterwards) (using KDE KDE 3.5.8)
Installed from: Ubuntu Packages
OS: Linux

Hi all !

I have thought of this short after switching from windows and official msn : I had installed Ubuntu (with gnome) and had to use GAIM, which had interesting tiny features :

While leaving the mouse on a contact in the contact list, it
1- tells me if this contact has me in his contact list, and my blocked or not status
2- displays when this offline contact was seen online for the last time (I think it logs the last disconnection time)
3- shows for how long this online contact is online (my kopete 0.12.7 tells me SINCE WHEN, why not tell also for HOW LONG (in days, hours, min, sec...)

As for this informations organisation, in the poping window (that, IMHO, should only disappear when onmouseout and not with a timer --buggy), I have to tell:
1- the nickname-screenname whateveryoucallit, appears twice : first time on the first line (in bold), then again on the the third line (after a blank second line), also in bold, but with the contact info --msn passport, icq num-- not in bold. Then, after the status info, we again have the email adress (preceeded with a bolded "Email address : "), then the "online since" (ok), then the "away message".
2- what I would like to see :
a. First line : bold contact name with not bold contact info (msn passport, yahoo login, icq no). We generally now that everything that looks like login@example.com is an email address, and a number for an icq contact should be... the icq number!
b. Second line : blank is ok.
c. Third line : the away message, but don't call it "Away Message". I don't really know what to propose (just message? status info, a la facebook? quote? personal message? anyway...)
d. Then, the other useful info (online for/since OR last seen on/at), and "this user has (not) you in his(her) contact list.

I think that's it.

In a general way, I have to say that kopete (like most linux apps) has a quite messy GUI. After a few months using it, I still have to wait most of the times for the little helper that pops over the icons... I know, I know, GUI design is a hard full-time job, I just wanted to say it, maybe this should be thought at some time.

Have a nice day/night and HOORAY for the dev team !

Comment 1 Charles Connell 2007-12-10 22:05:35 UTC

The statistics plugin does record-keeping. 

The duplication of info in the tooltips is not really happening. The top line is the meta-contact name. The next lines correspond to contacts in the metacontact. In each of those lines, the bold name is the contact display name, and the parenthesized name is the contact's true screenname. If you have not set these names to something different than the contact's screenname, then duplication will occur.

Away messages also included in the tooltip on a per-protocol support basis, as well as the time when the contact signed on. (For more protocols to support these little bits, file individual bugs reports for each protocol)

Since every grievance in this bug has already been solved, I am marking it WONTFIX.