On Aug 12, 2011, at 2:15 PM, Matthew <mneed...@ei8ht.us> wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 13:23, Chris Forsythe <ch...@growl.info> wrote: > >> Plus if my account name is long and there are 5 similarly named accounts, >> then how do I know which is which except by clicking on them? > > Adium truncates long names now, so the smaller in the space would only > make an uncommon problem somewhat more common (though perhaps still > uncommon). Considering that selecting the account displays the name in > a larger space and that you have to select an account to do anything, > this doesn't seem like a problem to me. > > If you have 5 similarly long-named accounts, you need to get more > creative or more succinct in your account naming. > I'm sure others who try to use the same username on forums/email/irc probably be less than thrilled with this suggestion as a solution. It is an issue that should be discussed is all I'm pointing out. I don't know that tooltips is that awesome of a solution, but it is a solution. > And why would you need to edit them often enough for this to be a > problem? Anything that a normal user needs to edit with any regularity > should probably be exposed somewhere else. > > Because cmd+, is easier to me than clicking on File to enable and disable accounts. Chris > > -- > > Matthew >
