IM clients should blacklist system nicks like chanserv / nickserv / server for notifications and messaging menu
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Indicator Applet |
Invalid
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
indicator-applet (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
|
Low
|
Unassigned | ||
pidgin-libnotify (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
The IM notifications and messaging menu would be improved by blacklisting system messages, for example from chanserv and nickserv.
Large numbers of notifications and messaging menu entries which do not correspond to real, high-value communications undermine the usefulness and excitement of notifications/
The blacklist is an advanced feature so does not need to have user-visible preferences, at least in the first iteration. It would be acceptable for there to be a configuration file or gconf setting which lists the nick's which are blacklisted, so expert users could change the list.
This bug should be targeted to 9.10 for Pidgin, and any other IM clients for which we aim to deliver notifications and messaging menu integration in 9.10.
Changed in indicator-applet (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Low |
status: | New → Triaged |
Changed in pidgin-libnotify (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | nobody → dx team (dxteam) |
importance: | Undecided → High |
status: | New → Confirmed |
assignee: | dx team (dxteam) → nobody |
summary: |
- chanserv / nickserv / server notifications not relevant + IM clients should blacklist system nicks like chanserv / nickserv / + server for notifications and messaging menu |
description: | updated |
tags: | added: canonical-indicators dxteam notifications |
Changed in indicator-applet: | |
milestone: | none → messages0.2 |
Yes, this is indeed overly verbose to see this messages. Personally I'd prefer to not see them at all in pidgin which would fix this as well but fixing it there is a different issue.