Buddy Icons for Sametime

MattBrink · Post by **MattBrink** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 2:50 pm

Are buddy icons supposed to work with Sametime? I have "Use Address Book images as contacts' icons" checked and I have tried it with "Even if the contact already has a contact icon" also.

Post by **evands** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 3:21 pm

How would you associate an address book card with a Sametime contact name?

MattBrink · Post by **MattBrink** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 3:33 pm

Couldn't you do it by name? I guess I don't really know how it works now because I haven't been able to get it to work.

Post by **jstamos** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 7:05 pm

There is no field in the Address Book for sametime, unlike MSN, AIM, etc. Until Apple implements this, it's not possible.

MattBrink · Post by **MattBrink** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 7:25 pm

Too bad we can't just set an option in the Prefs for to use the Jabber field for Sametime or something.

Post by **jstamos** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 7:57 pm

MattBrink wrote:Too bad we can't just set an option in the Prefs for to use the Jabber field for Sametime or something.

Or we could just wait for Apple and not include unnecessary options

MattBrink · Post by **MattBrink** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 8:01 pm

Maybe I'm pessimistic but I don't see Apple adding that.

Post by **jstamos** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 9:33 pm

MattBrink wrote:Maybe I'm pessimistic but I don't see Apple adding that.

Me neither. But really, a preference isn't the solution.

Post by **evands** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 11:20 pm

MattBrink wrote:Couldn't you do it by name?

There's no standard way names show up, though, across servers... is Adium getting a first initial and last name? First and last name? First middle initial last? Some internal ID comprising letters of the first and last names? LDAP string containing your organization along with your name in any of the above forms?

MattBrink · Post by **MattBrink** » Fri Jun 24, 2005 1:56 am

Ok, is there some other way to set a buddy icon even if the service doesn't support it then?

Post by **jstamos** » Fri Jun 24, 2005 2:27 am

MattBrink wrote:Ok, is there some other way to set a buddy icon even if the service doesn't support it then?

Get info on the contact and drop a picture onto the image well in the top left, I believe.

MattBrink · Post by **MattBrink** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 1:35 pm

Ok, that worked for the buddy list - but shouldn't the picture also show up in the chat window itself?

Post by **jstamos** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 6:45 pm

MattBrink wrote:Ok, that worked for the buddy list - but shouldn't the picture also show up in the chat window itself?

Yes. There's a current problem in .82 where it hangs on to buddy icons a bit more than it should, so just hold out for a bit and see if your problem gets fixed by the next .8x release

Post by **evands** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 7:24 pm

jstamos wrote:
MattBrink wrote:Ok, is there some other way to set a buddy icon even if the service doesn't support it then?
Get info on the contact and drop a picture onto the image well in the top left, I believe.

Yeah, or double click it to pull up the Image Picker (which also has camera support)