Ubuntu added a patch in previous packages to make tab only use the width the contact name. This patch was droped in latest package to come back to the upstream behaviour.
See upstream bug: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=548260 In short the answer is there is not convention at all, each program does different things... -- Empathy tabs apperance is ugly (return back upstream version) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/319969 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
