Version:           0.12.3 (using KDE KDE 3.5.5)
Installed from:    Debian testing/unstable Packages
OS:                Linux

Having both blue heads and status icons in the kopete contact list is unnecessary - I think the interface would be cleaner if these two icons were amalgamated. This would also allow more contacts to be viewable at once.

I wider issue is that the contact list's appearance isn't particularly configurable. I love the rest of Kopete (and KDE) for being able to make everything look how I want, and this extends even to the chat window and smiley themes, so it would seem logical that I would be able to customise just what information is visible in the contact list. So although the immediate issue is a repetition of information, for me the ideal solution would be to extend configurability such that the user can determine which pieces of information he wants displayed. I have seen this done very nicely with some kind of XHTML subset, offering maximum power, but that could be overkill.