Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 238160
notification area icons aren't all the same size, which causes the whole applet to shift
Last modified: 2007-11-30 17:12:03 EST
Description of problem: The current icons used for the notification area widget vary in size (or at least appear to), so when you get a new message, the "blinky" icon causes the notification area to resize smaller, then bigger, then smaller, etc., and this causes large swaths of the panel to resize over and over. It's really obnoxious. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): pidgin-2.0.0-0.34.beta7devel.fc7 How reproducible: very Steps to Reproduce: 1. just use the applet and whenever you get a message you'll see it.
Created attachment 153628 [details] an animated gif of the problem Here's an animated gif of a partial screenshot. Notice the next widget to the right moves from x=124 to x=122 and back, while the rest of the image remains constant.
This patch should fix this issue: http://developer.pidgin.im/attachment/ticket/174/docklet-blink.patch?format=raw It's already included upstream: http://developer.pidgin.im/changeset/a917d2f315679edd311d8a5baf70d398fd4f877a