I am the original reporter of this bug. Please do not hijack this bug report. This bug report deals with the disappearance of the "compact" mode for the contacts list. The ability to sort by status is also missing, but it is *not* the subject of this bug report. Please file a separate report for that.
The ability to show/hide offline contacts does nothing to ameliorate the lack of the compact mode contacts list. ** Changed in: empathy (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to empathy in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1071345 Title: empathy contacts list compact mode is missing in 3.6 Status in “empathy” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Prior to upgrading to quantal, Empathy had a compact mode for the contacts list. This would show each contact on a single line that was just tall enough to display the contact's username. This way, I would be able to use my high resolution monitor to view all of my online contacts simultaneously. Under Empathy 3.6 on quantal, the option for a compact mode disappeared and each contact in the list takes about 3 times the vertical space needed to display the contact's username. Now even with my high resolution montor, I can only view about 1/3 of my online contacts at a time. Please bring back the compact mode. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: empathy 3.6.0.3-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu6 Architecture: amd64 Date: Thu Oct 25 10:43:27 2012 InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-08-29 (422 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: empathy UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-10-22 (2 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/empathy/+bug/1071345/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp