When you sign online..

Nsma · Post by **Nsma** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 4:27 pm

Adium always grabs your contacts display pics
So if they have any plugins that tells if someone opens a window with them it says that you do

So it kinda makes you look like a stalker

Is there anyway to stop adium from getting their pic until you actually open a window with them?

twopeak · Post by **twopeak** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 5:08 pm

on what protocol?
what program can have a plugin to see if they take the display pic?

do you realise it means you can't see the display pic of people untill you really chat with them?

Nsma · Post by **Nsma** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 6:22 pm

msn messenger for windows has a plugin called StuffPlug-NG that notifies them when a contact opens and closes a chat window

and i think theres a plugin for yahoo messenger on windows also

when adium gets the contacts pic its like opening a chat window

yeah i realize that but why do you need to see a contacts pic before you click their window?

Post by **bgannin** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 6:33 pm

First example that comes to mind: icons in the contact list.

So far though you've only listed optional plugins for a couple specific clients, I don't know that this represents a large enough obstacle to justify coding around all the 'normality' of how icon fetching works [currently.]

Another example: caching.

Instead of downloading the icon when click (which could potentially introduce a delay) the icon can be fetched lazily in the background and then updated when it receives a notification that it should.

twopeak · Post by **twopeak** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 8:06 pm

well, if it would be possible, i would see this as something that could be requested, and added in Adium 2.5 (or something like that). You could file a trac ticket for this.
I guess no dev will put this on their priority list, but i don't think they're against the fact that a better way of fetching icons would be implemented.

in short: you'll have to code it yourself (i suppose)