YAT fever strikes again: Don't delete your old contacts, hide them!

Someone in Groove has made me a very happy person. I was very troubled about old accounts - to which pool I have contributed more than my fair share!

When an account becomes becomes redundant then what is the impact of deleting it? It is not only to remove it from your annoyances list, but it is also to remove the memory within Groove of who created what in your instant messages and all spaces. You will just be left with "unknown account" entries, or the like. Adding dead accounts to your hidden list on the other hand keeps the digital signature intact and yet removes the annoyance of being reminded that that account exists.

The way to manage your hidden list is not obvious. Right now you go to Options->Contact manager and then you can "move" accounts onto the hidden list. Hopefully at some stage "Hide me" will be an option form the context sensitive menu for any contact name.

But for now it works, so enjoy - and whatever you do don't delete me :-)

posted by Andy Swarbrick/PopG at 0:27