Comment 98 for bug 332945

On Tue, 2009-03-31 at 07:37 +0000, Vincenzo Ciancia wrote:
>
> Not completely clear: do you have your IM open minimised windows in
> front of you or what is your preferred method of being notified?

No. I have two windows (I use pidgin) displayed all of the time. I
never minimize them. One window is the buddy list and the other a
window of tabs, one tab for each buddy (that has messages pending) and
one for each irc channel I am on.

I may not be your typical IM user though. I use IRC (in pidgin) all day
5 days a week as my main method of communicating with colleagues,
because I telecommute for work.

> Don't
> minimised windows interfere with ALT+TAB so they actually come up every
> now and then, and you have to close them or move to another desktop?

I never minimize my pidgin windows. I also use devilspie to have them
skip the tasklist and be visible on all workspaces. As a tool,
pidgin/IM is as important to me as are the panels and window management,
etc.

But probably, as such I've learnt to manage it's ability to (not)
interrupt me, yet keep me notified of what's happening. I want the same
from my update notifier.

b.