[tor-bugs] #3957 [Vidalia]: Vidalia 0.2.x does not display warning-level status events to the user

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#3957: Vidalia 0.2.x does not display warning-level status events to the user
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 Reporter:  rransom  |          Owner:  chiiph
     Type:  defect   |         Status:  new   
 Priority:  normal   |      Milestone:        
Component:  Vidalia  |        Version:        
 Keywords:           |         Parent:        
   Points:           |   Actualpoints:        
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 I started TBB for Linux on a Debian Live CD, and Tor got stuck in an early
 bootstrap phase (‘I learned some more directory information, but not
 enough to build a circuit: We have no recent network-status consensus.’)
 for a few minutes.  Vidalia did not show me Tor's warning-level events
 indicating that the computer's clock was skewed until I opened the
 ‘Message Log’.

 I see at least two possible solutions:
  1. Get Vidalia 0.3.x stabilized ASAP.
  2. Make the ‘Message Log’ button in Vidalia 0.2.x start flashing when Tor
 emits a warning-level event and the ‘Message Log’ window is not open.
 Make the ‘Message Log’ window's title bar and/or taskbar button start
 flashing when Tor emits a warning-level event and the ‘Message Log’ window
 is open, but not focused.  Make the ‘Vidalia Control Panel’ window's title
 bar and/or taskbar button start flashing when Tor emits a warning-level
 event, the ‘Message Log’ window is closed, and the ‘Vidalia Control Panel’
 window is not focused.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/3957>
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