Option to display all roster items in the chat list.

[Jieiku]

When a user freshly installs Dino, they are presented with an empty box.

In pidgin when you login you get a Visible list of contacts from which you can chat with people.

I understand in Dino you can use the plus icon above to open a new chat. For a Very large server this is actually probably a good format.

For a private server where you have 20 or less people, this is actually just extra work to open a chat.

I am suggesting a new option be added to show all available contacts in the chat list, so that all you have to do is click on them and start chatting.

[licaon-kter]

So I'm forced to close 100 1:1 chats and 25 channels? Rather odd...

Also, currently developed clients, like Dino or Conversations etc respect "autojoin" flags so chats opened in other (currently developed) clients will be opened by default in all clients. So not ALL contacts and not all MUCs but only those that you actually have opened elsewhere.

For a new user there's nothing to open anyway, yes?

If Pidgin does not set "autojoin", please report that to its devs (good luck!).

[Jieiku]

It is less about open chats and more about having an OPTIONALLY visible roster in the chat list place instead.

However this request may be moot, I did not realize the systray support request was more than 6 years old.