diff -ur pidgin-libnotify-0.14.orig/src/pidgin-libnotify.c pidgin-libnotify-0.14.mine/src/pidgin-libnotify.c
--- pidgin-libnotify-0.14.orig/src/pidgin-libnotify.c	2008-12-14 17:45:51.000000000 +0000
+++ pidgin-libnotify-0.14.mine/src/pidgin-libnotify.c	2010-12-29 21:06:56.764904502 +0000
@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@
 	purple_plugin_pref_frame_add (frame, ppref);
 
 	ppref = purple_plugin_pref_new_with_name_and_label (
+                            "/plugins/gtk/libnotify/newmsgshowtext",
+                            _("Show the message inside the popup"));
+	purple_plugin_pref_frame_add (frame, ppref);
+
+	ppref = purple_plugin_pref_new_with_name_and_label (
                             "/plugins/gtk/libnotify/newconvonly",
                             _("Only new conversations"));
 	purple_plugin_pref_frame_add (frame, ppref);
@@ -408,8 +413,17 @@
 
 	tr_name = truncate_escape_string (best_name (buddy), 25);
 
-	title = g_strdup_printf (_("%s says:"), tr_name);
-	body = purple_markup_strip_html (message);
+	
+	if (purple_prefs_get_bool ("/plugins/gtk/libnotify/newmsgshowtext"))
+	{
+		title = g_strdup_printf (_("%s says:"), tr_name);
+		body = purple_markup_strip_html (message);
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		title = g_strdup_printf ("%s", tr_name);
+		body = g_strdup_printf(_("New message!"));
+	}
 
 	notify (title, body, buddy);
 
@@ -585,6 +599,7 @@
 	purple_prefs_add_bool ("/plugins/gtk/libnotify/signon", TRUE);
 	purple_prefs_add_bool ("/plugins/gtk/libnotify/signoff", FALSE);
 	purple_prefs_add_bool ("/plugins/gtk/libnotify/only_available", FALSE);
+	purple_prefs_add_bool ("/plugins/gtk/libnotify/newmsgshowtext", TRUE);
 }
 
 PURPLE_INIT_PLUGIN(notify, init_plugin, info)