I was going to ask if this was an issue. Yes, new mail notifications
WILL cause that issue. Though, at least for as long as I can remember,
that will NEVER cause pidgin's Buddy List to actually open in the
background. IE - If I have pidgin minimized to tray, that is, no buddy
list window actually open, it won't open and flash in the task bar.
ONLY if the buddy list is already open will I see that behavior.
-Michael
Kelly Brownsberger wrote:
I think I might have figured it out - is this it's way of telling me I
have new mail? Disabling mail notifications *seems* to have stopped
this flashing behavior
Sent from my iPhone
On Oct 23, 2009, at 10:10 AM, Kelly Brownsberger
<kelly.brownsber...@gmail.com <mailto:kelly.brownsber...@gmail.com>>
wrote:
yes, it's the buddy list and I do have it minimized to the system
tray. it will randomly reappear and start flashing in the task bar
like this: http://kellybrownsberger.com/pidgin_likes_to_flash.jpg
in that screenshot, my friend happened to ping me a few seconds
before Pidgin started flashing, but I don't believe they're related.
The buddy list likes to just appear from the system tray and start
flashing. It doesn't maximize itself or come into view - just
appears in the taskbar and starts flashing.
Is this a feature I don't understand? It seems to be trying to
notify me of something, but I don't know what :)
On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 9:59 AM, David Balazic
<david.bala...@hermes-softlab.com
<mailto:david.bala...@hermes-softlab.com>> wrote:
Aha. Which window is flashin?
If it is the buddy list, then you can just close it (make sure
you have set it to minimize to systray,
I think this is the default).
Regards,
David
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*From:* Kelly Brownsberger [mailto:kelly.brownsber...@gmail.com
<mailto:kelly.brownsber...@gmail.com>]
*Sent:* 23. October 2009 16:39
*To:* David Balazic
*Cc:* support@pidgin.im <mailto:support@pidgin.im>
*Subject:* Re: Taskbar Flashing
I'm running 2.6.3
By "In latest (v2.6.x) this can be set in menu Tools / Plugins :
Message Notification" you mean I can UNCHECK "Message
Notification". I have ZERO plugins checked. What I'm describing
doesn't appear to be a notification. It's just a weird flashing
that happen randomly throughout the day.
I'll fire up Camtasia and take a video of it next time it happens
and send it to you guys :)
David Woolley explanation sounds accurate - this seems like a low
level Windowing oddity more than a feature.
On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 9:19 AM, David Balazic
<david.bala...@hermes-softlab.com
<mailto:david.bala...@hermes-softlab.com>> wrote:
Which version of Pidgin?
In latest (v2.6.x) this can be set in menu Tools / Plugins :
Message Notification
Regards,
David
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*From:* support-boun...@pidgin.im
<mailto:support-boun...@pidgin.im>
[mailto:support-boun...@pidgin.im
<mailto:support-boun...@pidgin.im>] *On Behalf Of *Kelly
Brownsberger
*Sent:* Thursday, October 22, 2009 7:18 PM
*To:* support@pidgin.im <mailto:support@pidgin.im>
*Subject:* Taskbar Flashing
I'm running Pidgin on Windows (XP) - is there a
setting/preference to instruct Pidgin to not flash in the
Windows taskbar while running? I'm not really sure why
it's flashing exactly, but I'm guessing it's notifying me
that one or more buddies just came online. That's not
really useful to me and because I'm using Pidgin to
consolidate four different IM networks together, my buddy
list is quite large. So, Pidgin is pretty much flashing
constantly all day.
Pidgin is definitely a keeper if I can figure out how to
make it stop flashing, but nothing is jumping out at me
from scanning the menu options
Any tips would be appreciated
Thanks -kelly
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