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On Wednesday, December 5, 2001, at 06:34 PM, Jeff Waddell wrote:
> For a 1.0 release (it has been updated to fix some bugs), Adium is a
> very good AIM client - surprisingly good! There are some features of
> Adium which I would like Fire to try to incorporate (Adium's source is
> available. see below).
>
> Things I like about the Adium AIM client - take heed Fire:
>
> When receiving a new message, Adium's dock icon bounces, and flaps it's
> wing (since it's a bird). The flapping is pretty neat!
You can bounce Fire's icon.
> Adium makes great use of the dock menu (one of my favorite features).
> It tells you if it's connected, and allows you to disconnect. It allows
> you to create a new message or create/join a chat. And get user info
> and set an away message all from the dock. I also wish OS X's dock menu
> API had a "Hide app." option.
Yeah, I wish it had that "Hide App" option, too. That's one of my
favorite things about ADock.
I'm working on extending the functionality of the dock menu.
> Adium also as a multiple window option, allowing you to either have the
> buddy list and all messages in one window (I like this option), a buddy
> list in a window and all messages in another, or multiple windows - one
> window for each message. I like having the option to switch the
> windows! The 1 window and 2 window option are my favorites!
I like a separate window for everything. So does Eric. Fire's going to
stay that way for the forseeable future.
> When you receive a message, the screen name (or alias) of the sender
> blinks in the buddy list. This is a nice feature!
That seems disjoint. Flashing the name in the buddy list draws your
attention there, when your attention should be drawn towards the window
with the message.
> Adium has "status circles" as icons for each buddy in the buddy list.
> I'm not quite sure how to interpret them, but with a little tweaking
> and better status icon, it could be a really good feature. Fire could
> have the service's icon display the buddy's status?
Place a request at SourceForge.
> I like Adium's use of sheets for log-in!
I don't. Adium, a single-service app, can get away with it. It
wouldn't work for Fire.
> Adium uses the system keychain!
Yeah, I need to figure out how to use the KeyChain to store passwords.
> Adium can use AIM's standard sounds (I like this option a lot!)
I'm not a big fan of half the sounds AIM uses. Like the "I'm Logging
In" sound -- it's the first thing I disable.
You can set custom sounds in Fire.
> Another feature I'd like to see in Fire, is support for "Your buddy is
> typing." I'm not sure which services support this, but this would be a
> very nice and welcome addition to Fire!
If you have the console open, Fire shows you this. Anybody have a good
idea where we can place such an indicator in the chat window without
making it bigger?
> What do you all think about these features?
>
> Thanks!
> -Jeff
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