Bug#284631: gossip: no option to auto open a chat window

Ross Burton Ross Burton <ross@burtonini.com>, 284631@bugs.debian.org
Tue, 07 Dec 2004 16:42:16 +0000


On Tue, 2004-12-07 at 17:00 +0100, Alexandre Fayolle wrote:
> It would be nice to add an option to auto open a chat window when a
> new message is received.

Popup windows are is totally evil and can lead to people typing their
root password into random chat windows.

There is the argument that the windows could appear but be not focused,
and when GNOME can do that this bug can be reconsidered.

Ross
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