[ ayttm-Bugs-990826 ] Confusing GUI for merging contacts

Bugs item #990826, was opened at 2004-07-14 12:31
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Category: Core
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Fatman (fatman_uk)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Confusing GUI for merging contacts

Initial Comment:
I have seen other chat clients where it is possible to
merge two or more contacts into a "meta-contact" [as
Trillian would have it]. I don't think I've seen one
quite as confusing as Ayttm's, though.

Firstly, it's not obvious which contact to right-click
on. The difference between "account" and "contact"
isn't made clear, so the "add contact" window is very
confusing.

I have three different contacts [or accounts?] for one
of my RL friends. How do I merge them? Where do they
end up? And what do the colours on the cubes mean?

I know I could probably work it out by RTFM, but most
users are lazy and will just delete the app instead.
IMHO the GUI should be reasonably easy to work out
without the manual.

Maybe you guys could add helpful tooltips or something?
Thanks for reading this.

Hope you can help,
[Great proggie btw! :) ]
Fatman

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