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gwibber package

[facebook] posting media without a description - empty notification bubble

Bug #697729 reported by Sam L. on 2011-01-05

This bug affects 3 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	Gwibber	Fix Released	Undecided	Unassigned
	gwibber (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	Low	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: gwibber

Posting media such as a video to Facebook without a description accompanying it causes the notification bubble that appears afterwards to be empty, showing only the facebook name of the poster. I would like to suggest in such cases having at least the URL of the posted media appear.

Related branches

lp:gwibber

lp:ubuntu/natty/gwibber

lp:~webapps/+junk/gwibber-opensesame-packaging

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Victor Vargas (kamus) wrote on 2011-01-10:

Sam, Please could you attach a screenshot of this issue and comment which version of gwibber do you use? Thanks

Changed in gwibber (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → Low

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Jon Lowag (jolo) wrote on 2011-03-08:

697729-example.png Edit (87.8 KiB, image/png)

I experienced the same thing quite often so I am trying to give an example.

A facebook link to an event without additional description (as shown in the top my attached image) is displayed by gwibber in an empty notification bubble (as seen in the bottom of the image). It shows only the facebook id with the user thumbnail and a lot of space. I think this does not only occur on posted events but on all types of links when there is no additional text. There should be at least some hint saying what this notification is about or no notification at all.

I am using Gwibber 2.32.2 on Ubuntu 10.10.

Ken VanDine (ken-vandine) on 2011-03-09

Changed in gwibber:
status:	New → Fix Committed

Ken VanDine (ken-vandine) on 2011-03-09

Changed in gwibber:
status:	Fix Committed → Fix Released

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2011-03-09:

This bug was fixed in the package gwibber - 2.91.91-0ubuntu1

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gwibber (2.91.91-0ubuntu1) natty; urgency=low

  * New upstream release
    - Flickr account doesn't appear in account tree (LP: #645584)
    - Fixed storage of facebook stream types in the database as well as
      displaying them in the appropriate stream in the client
    - Don't display "None" for the name of a photo if it isn't set
    - Don't display an empty notification for media posted without
      text (LP: #697729)
-- Ken VanDine <email address hidden> Wed, 09 Mar 2011 14:57:26 -0500