Hi Carol, Buddy Pounces won't work for offline buddies. You can however still chat to them without a plugin, they'll just appear to be offline. Using the third party Hangouts plugin will improve the online/offline presence issue.
Cheers, Eion On 1 July 2017 at 01:23, Carol Zazu <cjz...@gmail.com> wrote: > thanks but when I say the person has disappeared, I see her as offline but > even though I turned on Buddy Pounces for her, she never shows up anymore > (starting the day she was forced to switch to Hangouts which was 3 days > ago). *Apparently Pidgin doesn't support Hangouts?* Is my only option a > plug in to connect with people on Hangouts?? Please correct me if this is > wrong. Thanks! > > On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 6:44 PM, Eion Robb <e...@robbmob.com> wrote: > >> Hi Carol, >> >> Just to add a couple more options to the pool: >> >> You can try to find the buddy using (from the buddy list) Buddies->New >> Instant Message... then the 'Name' field can search through your >> buddies. Once you find the right contact you'll probably see them as >> offline. If that's the case, you can right click their name in the >> conversation window and choose "Show When Offline". You can also show >> offline buddies through the Buddies->Show->Offline buddies (again, from the >> buddy list) menu. >> >> A second option is to use the Hangouts plugin from >> https://bitbucket.org/EionRobb/purple-hangouts which won't show anyone >> offline (and has a few extra features) >> >> Cheers, >> Eion >> >> >> On 30 June 2017 at 03:43, Carol Zazu <cjz...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> so a buddy on Pidgin using GoogleTalk has disappeared. She says she is >>> now on Hangouts. How do I get her back? Please be simple minded in your >>> explanation. Do I need a plug in? Third party or from Pidgin? thanks >>> >>> "Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored." -Aldous Huxley >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Support@pidgin.im mailing list >>> Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: >>> https://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support >>> >> >> >
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