ok, so summary here's what we have : question : do we need an FT manager, yes or no ? question : should it go in the CW or in the CL ? question : if we have in CW, should we have it simple + an FT manager as a separate window ? question : if in CW, where to put it? DP area? above/below buttonbar ? above/below statusbar ? other ?
Did I forget something ? p.s: please don't answer any of the questions with your opinions.. we will open a poll for voting later, for now, let's just brainstorm and gather up the ideas and add more questions to be answered. KKRT On Wed, May 30, 2007 at 05:30:09PM +0200, Karel Demeyer wrote: > 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
