You could use a script to simulate the old beheviour. Though the script has his limitations too:
CookieRevised's reply to Tabbed Chats - wrong contact
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Originally posted by Duranxl
Good thing it'll probably be fixed
Since it isn't a real bug, it isn't something which needs to be "fixed".
It is done like this by design (and for some reasons)...
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Originally posted by Duranxl
edit: i see CookieRevised saying that it's expected behavior because patchou didnt want the tabs to switch automatically.
But I'd just like the right name to shop in the taskbar, not only so i know who's talking, but also so it'll go to the right person when i click on it so i can reply right away...
What you ask for is exactly automatically switching of tabs. If this was done it would be very annoying since tabs would also switch when you're in the middle of writing a message and when somebody else sends you a message. In other words, this wont be implemented...
What can be done is changing the caption of the taskbar button, and that is what the script, linked above, does.
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