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If multiple logins were added (which I think would make the app crazy busy,
but I still might use it) you could just have the icons display a
translucent number. The AIM badge would be regular for 1 login, have a 2
over it for 2, a 3 for 3, and so on.
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>> David,
>>
>> It looks great. But I have a couple questions/concerns.
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> That's the reason I posted it here!
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>> First, this should definitely be a preference that you can turn off. I
>> think the icon just looks too cluttered. When I log in, I know what
>> services I've logged in to, and I don't know that I'd need to be constantly
>> glancing down at the dock to see which services are connected. It would
>> help show when one service unexpectedly drops offline, but then I'd have to
>> stop and think which dots were lit up before, and which one isn't now...
>> What about a "You have been disconnected from X" notification window (the
>> racing stripe kind)?
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> Yes, this would just be a fast way to make sure everything looks ok. It
> should -definitely- be optional, and turned of per default, just as the
> number-of-users badge. It is as it is currently. One has to turn on two
> defaults manually to make it show.
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>> Second, I'm already working on reflecting the current status (Away, Idle,
>> Busy, etc.) in the dock icon. This probably won't conflict, since the badge
>> can just be placed on top of whatever the icon is.
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> Cool! We'll just have to make sure we don't use the same spot on the icon.
> As my changes are checked in, you cane see how I arranged in the icon
> updating method, to allow for more than the number-of-users icon badge.
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>> Third, and perhaps my strongest concern, is that this will reinforce the
>> one-login-per-service limitation that Fire currently has. I'm not trying to
>> imply that this is going to change any time soon, but I don't want to
>> introduce a spiffy new feature that's going to break when/if Fire does get
>> the ability to support multiple logins per service. Perhaps an online
>> services dot?
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> Yes...This could be a later issue to deal with though, as you say...There
> may be cool ways to display multiple logins too...We'll think of something,
> I'm sure! You have made Fire _soooo_ great and I'm thrilled to see it
> continue evolve and possibly contribute to it as well.
>
> / david
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>> Colter
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>> On 1/19/02 12:51, "Ernest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>>> Pleasepleaseplease include this! This is HEAVENLY!
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>>> David Remahl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>>>> Hi!
>>>>
>>>> I downloaded the new release of Fire yesterday, and was amazed to see how
>>>> incredibly it has evolved since the Public Beta days when I last checked it
>>>> out seriously. ICQ support is now terrific, and the GUI is superior to any
>>>> of the other clones!
>>>>
>>>> So, when I saw how cool it had become, I instantly felt an urge to help
>>>> make
>>>> it even better. So, I checked out the source over anonymous CVS and browsed
>>>> the source for a while. Then I made a modification that you may want to
>>>> include in an upcoming version.
>>>>
>>>> Take a look at these pictures:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.ittpoi.com/allservices.jpg
>>>> http://www.ittpoi.com/onlyactive.jpg
>>>>
>>>> As you can see, what I did was to add a visual indication of what services
>>>> are online to the icon, to complement the online user display. This is
>>>> about
>>>> 30 minutes worth of work, so it isn't exactly refined, and even though I
>>>> coded in defaults for it, I haven't made a suitable GUI for it, mainly
>>>> because I wanted to hear if the moderators would like it to become a
>>>> feature
>>>> in a future version. If you do, I would gladly make the additional
>>>> adjustments to facilitate the feature.
>>>>
>>>> Maybe the non-active services should also be drawn in their circles, but at
>>>> .4 opacity or in black and white or something like that...
>>>>
>>>> I hade to change the structure a little bit in the dock icon updating, in
>>>> order to allow for this feature. I added a method and moved a few things
>>>> around in the user number drawing. It shouldn't be difficult at all to
>>>> integrate, though.
>>>>
>>>> So, Eric, would you like something like this, or should I scrap the idea
>>>> and
>>>> find something else to do? :)
>>>>
>>>> / Sincerely, David Remahl
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