[Gossip-dev] Is it possible to not show the contact list at startup?

[Martyn Russell]

David Nielsen wrote:
> lør, 03 03 2007 kl. 20:52 +0100, skrev Jaap Haitsma:
>>> If gossip starts up faster than the notification area applet, then it
>>> doesn't hide the roster window, irrespective of how it was when shutdown.
>> I guess that's what happening with me then
>>
>> Is that bug in bugzilla?
>> Seems like a tricky bug to solve. You can't wait forever for a
>> notification area to be there. Though I think almost anybody runs a
>> notification window
> 
> Maybe the applet needs to emit some kind of dbus signal to indicate that
> it's up and we can now stuff it with wonderful gossip goodness?

We have plans to rework this area anyway so that the notification area
is only used when you have new messages or new events, an applet will be
used instead hopefully for continuous visibility of your context
menu/status/etc.

The current applet that we have Peekaboo, that just needs some love :)

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Regards,
Martyn