Hi Phil,
Have you tried using the Message Notification plugin that ships with
Pidgin? (Tools->Plugins->Message Notification) It has the option to
'flash window' and 'remove when conversation window gains focus' which for
me on Win10 keeps the taskbar displaying with a yellow/orange background.
On one machine (my wife's), Pidgin does not keep flashing if an unread IM has
arrived. This actually causes *me* most of the grief, because my wife will say
"You didn't tell me [you left | you got home | you got there without dying |
whatever] and I say "Sure I did, I IMed you" and she looks
