Comment 39 for bug 206547

This is a *VERY SERIOUS* flaw in empathy.

A messaging system where users will often fail to see they have been messaged is like a mobile phone that has a barely audible ring tone and doesn't vibrate.

How would you feel if you missed 70% of the phone calls that you received .. You'd throw the phone in the garbage can, or exchange it.

Now, the fact the empathy has such a ridiculously huge flaw is bad. But the fact that it's now the DEFAULT instant messaging software of ubuntu is *REALLY BAD*

That flaw should either be fixed ASAP, or empathy should be removed from the default distribution and pidgin put back in as default.