I installed Ubuntu 9.4 on my new laptop, and noticed something incredibly STUPID that Pidgin (the default messenger client) does. Here'sthe top-right of my screen without Pidgin running:
Top-right of screen, no Pidgin running.
Notice the power button. A nice, clear, understandable button, right? Click it, do stuff like shutting down your computer or put it too sleep. Then I start Pidgin, and it changes to this:
BOOM! Power button gone, replaced with inane undescriptive icon.
What the hell is that, where did my Power icon go? And what's that undescriptive green icon doing there instead? No-one knows what mystery icon does! It turns out Pidgin feels the need to replace the Power icon with some shitty useless menu that doesn't do anything the other Pidgin icon (the one with the green… thingy and the chat-balloon) doesn't already do:
Useless menu does the same as other Pidgin icon.
Nice work Pidgin! I really needed two menu's for changing my Messenger's status! Stupid.
I hate software.
