Re: [Ekiga-list] Text chat window pop-up?

[Eugen Dedu <Eugen Dedu pu-pm univ-fcomte fr>]

On 11/08/10 02:43, Dave Koelmeyer wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Just started to use Ekiga on Ubuntu Linux, OpenSolaris and Windows as a possible
> replacement candidate for Skype - very much liking what I'm seeing so far! :) I
> have a few questions and problems which I'll post about in the next few weeks
> which I hope someone can advise me on, starti
>
> I have two machines on the home network, one running OpenSolaris snv_134 x64 the
> other running Ubuntu Linux 10.04LTS x86. Both are running version 3.2.6 of
> Ekiga. I haven't configured a SIP account (through ekiga.net) for either, but
> logged in to each Ekiga client I can see the usernames of my two test users
> (User A and User B) appearing in the "Neighbours" group of my contact roster, so
> mDNS appears to be is working at both ends (video calling works great but I am
> getting ahead of myself).
>
> If I select the user at either end in the "Neighbours" group and start a text
> chat, would I expect the user at the other end to be presented with a pop-up
> window containing the text message? At present this is what I see:
>
> - User A starts a text chat with User B
> - User B does not see a new pop-up window with User A's message contents - in
> fact there is no UI feedback at all
> - If User B then selects User A from their "Neighbours" group and starts a new
> text chat, the contents of User A's message are visible in User B's text chat
> window in a separate tab
>
> Is this normal behaviour?

I think the only notification is that the icon on the task bar changes 
and blinks, is that right?  I agree that this is insufficient.  It 
should be better to show the chat window also.  Please post a bug report.

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Eugen