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List:       kopete-devel
Subject:    Re: [Kopete-devel] Remove group by metacontact
From:       Will Stephenson <lists () stevello ! free-online ! co ! uk>
Date:       2003-11-04 20:45:44
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On Tuesday 04 November 2003 19:05, Ladislav Strojil wrote:
> On Tuesday 04 of November 2003 18:58, Will Stephenson wrote:
> > I suggest that we remove the 'group by account' option too - it
> > contradicts our vision of an integrated messenger, and a messenger where
> > the actual IM protocol used is not significant.
>
> Well, but account!=protocol. This is not about protocol, it's about
> account. Group by account is very usefull for me because I have two ICQ
> accounts, one for bussines, one for my personal contacts.
>
> > Those who want this are just using
> > Kopete to emulate separate messaging clients.
>
> No. Not at all.
>
> > If they are trying to
> > separate chats by role, they can achieve this using KopeteGroups and
> > 'Group by group'
>
> No. I cannot have nested groups. This would not allow me to group my
> bussines contacts say by the company and still have them grouped together

I didn't think of this case.  What if we nest groups?

> > Don't group, Always group, and Group by group (ha!) are the minimal and
> > sufficient set of options.
>
> I still think that "Group by account" is a valid choice, but if it's just
> me, go ahead, remove it, I can keep it in my local copy, I don't really
> care.

If we can meet everyone's requirements using groups, then we can do without an 
accounts option, if not, we'll have to keep it.

cheers

Will


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