Notes on current CVS version

brett <[email protected]> Mon, 7 Jun 2004 01:12:16 +1000
Newsgroups gmane.network.fire.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Ive been keeping a file of notes on using the current CVS build of fire 
over the past month.  Some of this stuff is probably already know to 
the developers, but i figure u might like a bit of feedback

Drawer Based Window
If u close the drawer there is no easy way to open it back up.   Needs 
maybe a toggle drawer option

The users names in the drawer need to change colour according to their 
status (idle etc)

The icon in the drawer could go even darker when a user logs off - 
needs something more visual to indicate the user is not online

Might be nice to be able to control click on buddies in the drawer to 
access items similar to inthe "buddy controls" toolbar item

Ive noticed that if window toolbar is set to Text Only the Buddy 
Controls item will become dim and inactive when a message comes thru or 
if a typing notifcation starts.  It dosent seem to happen with the 
toolbar set to "icon only" or "icon & text" (this happens in both 
drawer based and panel based windows)

Chat History
Ability to choose a different default web style for chat history.  Ive 
noticed when im looking back on past conversations some of the styles 
feel too "busy" and the more simplified ones seem more appropriate

When doing searches it doesnt highlight the search text for 
conversations which have webkit styles

Styles Pref Pane
A way for user customised styles to be renamed and deleted
A way to import a background pic - people might not be able to easily 
whip up their own webkit style, but a background pic would allow them 
to make it a highly personalised version of an existing style



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