On 05/12/2017 02:56 PM, Simon Lees wrote: > > > On 05/12/2017 02:38 AM, Christopher Michael wrote: >> >> Hello All, >> >> As some of you may know, I have been refactoring the backend of the >> Express IRC client. Well, the backend has reached a good stable point >> with most IRC commands/responses being handled now (CTCP/DCC still need >> implementing). >> >> I'd like to move on in refactoring the UI....so I am writting this email >> in order to solicit ideas from the community with regard to what users >> would like to see in an IRC front-end. >> >> I would like to stay away from something as boring as an X-Chat >> interface...preferring to come up with a unique interface that showcases >> EFL abilities. >> > As someone who uses Hexchat / xchat daily I like the way it functionally > presents its interface so maybe something starting with that and > "blinging" it up alot / maybe merging ideas from other apps like rage or > maybe terminology. > > I think it would be cool to have something like rages interface where > you just have full screen with no controls until you mouse over (with > the option to disable it for people who find it annoying, but with a > hexchat like layout, channels on the left, users on the right and topic > at the top. > > Gah now i'm off to have a play with gimp, you have succesfully just > postponed a enlightenment release by a hour or 3 :-P >
And a picture speaks 1000 words so here's a mock (note the color scheme is simply what I use in my client), I also left off the timestamp as i'm lazy and I think it would be cool if we used a text filter of some sort on everything thats not the main body text but I don't have the skills time or effort to include that here. http://paste.opensuse.org/42480997 -- Simon Lees (Simotek) http://simotek.net Emergency Update Team keybase.io/simotek SUSE Linux Adelaide Australia, UTC+10:30 GPG Fingerprint: 5B87 DB9D 88DC F606 E489 CEC5 0922 C246 02F0 014B
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