[Adium-devl] Show Offline Contacts should not be the default

[Colin Barrett]

On Aug 17, 2007, at 6:35 PM, Peter Hosey wrote:

> On Aug 17, 2007, at 17:36:59, Colin Barrett wrote:
>> Do we want to move the "Show Offline Contacts" option into primary
>> UI somewhere?
>
> Great idea. Let's make it a menu item!

Menu item != primary UI.

> Since many of our users probably come from official clients and
> clients on other platforms, I think there's no One Default to Rule
> Them All. Maybe we should put it in the assistant, with an  
> explanation:
>
> 	Adium can hide contacts who are offline, or show you all your
> contacts regardless of status. You may prefer the latter option if
> many of your contacts normally run in Invisible mode, but the contact
> list can become unwieldy if it is very long.
> 	
> 	(•) Hide offline contacts
> 	( ) Show offline contacts
> 	
> 	You can always change this setting from the View menu.
>
> I think I've suggested this at least once before.

ISTR that the discussion last time was that it was a bit much for the  
assistant pref -- although people seem to be really confused about it,  
maybe it SHOULD go there.