Bug 320709 - Show only time for the last message
Summary: Show only time for the last message
Status: RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Alias: None
Product: telepathy
Classification: Frameworks and Libraries
Component: text-ui (show other bugs)
Version: git-latest
Platform: Other Linux
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Target Milestone: Future
Assignee: Telepathy Bugs
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Reported: 2013-06-04 11:51 UTC by Alex Fiestas
Modified: 2013-06-05 18:37 UTC (History)
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Description Alex Fiestas 2013-06-04 11:51:25 UTC 
Showing the time for the last message in a conversation makes most sense, but I'm struggling to imagine one case where I want to see the time on all messages.

In the log viewer it makes sense as well since you are using it specifically to read some backlog, but in the chat it only adds noise.

Reproducible: Always
Comment 1 Martin Klapetek 2013-06-04 13:08:49 UTC 
That's theme dependent I'd say.

We can either:
1) Turn this into a bug of "change the default theme"
2) Close with "use different theme"

I'm inclined to 2) but it's up to text-ui maintainers.
Comment 2 David Edmundson 2013-06-05 18:37:35 UTC 
Timestamps in the default theme are low contrast so do not have a lot of "noise".
Having everything jump and move about as you hide the timestamp would add more "noise" and if you didn't make use of the extra space, there's little point hiding them.

Summary: No. Use a different theme.