Less blinky

adamrice · Post by **adamrice** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 9:22 pm

I use Growl with Adium, and frequently get a message that I don't need to respond to. But Adium sits there in the dock, blinking at me, begging for my attention. Perhaps it feels neglected, but I really just want to leave it in the background and keep working. And still it blinks. Eventually I get frustrated and bring it to the front, but by that time I'm annoyed with it.

What I suggest is the option to disable the blinking after a few seconds. A non-blinking indicator that there is an unviewed message would still be nice.

zaudragon · Post by **zaudragon** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 10:13 pm

Somewhere in the preferences, it's there…

adamrice · Post by **adamrice** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 11:03 pm

Really? I've pored over the prefs and haven't found it. I'm not talking about the icon bounce--I'm talking about the contact-name blinking on and off.

If it's in there, I'd appreciate any tips.

zaudragon · Post by **zaudragon** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 11:11 pm

Oh!

I thought you meant the bouncing…

Sean · Post by **Sean** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 11:13 pm

I can't use Adium on this computer right now, but I'm almost positive you can turn that off in the Dock preferences (where you change the icon). I believe there is an option to both stop the bounce and turn off contact names in the dock.

dchoby98 · Post by **dchoby98** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 2:25 am

Indeed, in the Dock panel of the preferences, there are two options which control whose names show up in the dock.

In the next version, there will be a LOT more control over blinking and whatnot. It's a common request.

zaudragon · Post by **zaudragon** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 2:28 am

dchoby98 wrote:Indeed, in the Dock panel of the preferences, there are two options which control whose names show up in the dock.

In the next version, there will be a LOT more control over blinking and whatnot. It's a common request.

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