Hi all, (first paragraph is to youness:) Long mails are very discouraging (is this english ?), especially if they start with "I fully disagree with Karel.". Further on, after reading your mail (I read it!), I found out you don't "disagree" for 100% with what I said... so I was asking myself if you did read my whole mail and secondly, if you really thought a bit of it before responding. (not meant harsh in any way)
Probably I'm gonna leave this debate alone as I don't see myself arguing a month or two to see (afterwards) it didn't have much effect. Some points though: * I also proposed FT's to be listed in the chatwindow of the corresponding chat, without being in the chat history (so they don't scroll). Seems logical, right ? You seem to do the same with your bar. I even thought about that bar too. But then I opened a chat window, made some drawings and saw we, most of the time, have a lot of "screen real estate" free (kind of wasted)underneath the contact's DP, on the right of the chat history. That's why I proposed to have this information over there. It's debatable if this is the right place or not as it seems easier to fit all this info in horizontal lines. two lines per file traffic didn't seem too much anyway. * You say I'm crazy about the CL and want everything inside of it ? The main purpose of amsn's main window might be listing contacts, but it's also from there on you change your status/nickname/preferences/plugin settings. There's an event log (if chosen) underneath the CL (CL not being the window but the widget). I proposed to have the file transfer "manager" show up underneath it in one of my designs. This is not in the CL thus. If you want to remove clutter by not having a new window. In what window would you list "fts of multiple users". In a window where only in 1 setting all active chats are going on or the window that lists all contacts, so all of those who are sending ? * Is a "ft manager" needed after all ? (because of this question I proposed the FT in the chatwindow but not in the chat history). How many FT's do you think an ordinary aMSN user does at the same time ? Do we need an overview of all the FT's going on ? or is the user able to know which FT's he/she has going on (because they are not so many) and only needs to know about that FT's status when in an active chat with the contact he's sending to or receiving from ? -> next point * I think (you not I guess) an ordinary (a)MSN user watches the status of an FT while in a chat with that specific user. To see how much longer it will take before he can end the conversation for example. That's why I think it should at all time be possible to have a conversation open with a user on screen and the file transfer with that user at the same time. This is not possible if you put the ft in another tab of the chatwindow. Anyway; I'm not sure if this is worth it at the end but it might make you think a bit more about it (not meant harsh, like "you didn't think about it" (but, did you ? :p)) Have a great day, Karel. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Amsn-devel mailing list Amsn-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/amsn-devel
