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Bug 571199 - empathy / telepathy status icon is not unique
empathy / telepathy status icon is not unique
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Product: empathy
Classification: Core
Component: Artwork
2.25.x
Other All
: Normal enhancement
: ---
Assigned To: empathy-maint
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2009-02-10 16:26 UTC by Nicolas DERIVE
Modified: 2009-02-11 09:41 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.25/2.26



Description Nicolas DERIVE 2009-02-10 16:26:30 UTC
Bug redirected from Launchpad :

"Empathy 2.25.4

The empathy / telepathy status 'connected' icon (a green circle) is not unique. See attached suggestion mockup" see launchpad https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/empathy/+bug/325216 for more details.

Other information:
Comment 1 Nicolas DERIVE 2009-02-10 16:29:39 UTC
Person who reported it attached a mockup, here is the link : http://launchpadlibrarian.net/21974170/empathy_status_ready.png

Have a nice day.
Comment 2 Nicolas DERIVE 2009-02-10 16:33:12 UTC
mark it as an enhancement.
Comment 3 Xavier Claessens 2009-02-10 17:49:39 UTC
I don't know where that icon with the green circle and empathy logo on top of it comes from, but it is not empathy's fault. Probably some ubuntu's fault. Closing.
Comment 4 Frederic Peters 2009-02-10 17:52:48 UTC
I guess this particular icon *is* the mockup, to distinguish it from whatever the other green circle is.
Comment 5 Duncan Lithgow 2009-02-10 22:02:57 UTC
Yes, the attached image was of a possible solution. So please reopen.
Comment 6 Xavier Claessens 2009-02-10 22:39:33 UTC
I don't understand why it is not unique, which program is using it too?
Comment 7 Dafydd Harries 2009-02-10 22:43:37 UTC
I, for one, find the proposed replacement horribly ugly.
Comment 8 Xavier Claessens 2009-02-10 22:49:07 UTC
I aggree with daf. This is clearly not an empathy bug, but the other applications that uses the same icon...

I guess this is ubuntu's fast user switch applet? I think it's an ubuntu patch that does that.
Comment 9 Duncan Lithgow 2009-02-11 09:39:04 UTC
@Dafydd: I agree that the proposal is horribly ugly, but I thought an idea is better than nothing. No offence taken, for sure.
@Xavier: I think this is an empathy bug. For what it's worth the ekiga icon when connected is nearly identical, just a bit smaller. I have reported the same bug to them also because there is nothing application unique about a green circle. An yes, this is also the same as the ubuntu fast switch applet.

So, anyone with just a green circle is a victim of this problem, it's just not a meaningful application icon.