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This makes me think... is there any plan to adding more functionality to
the dock icon's contextual menu, other than showing the number of
buddies online. I would think it very useful to be able to pick an away
message from the icon:
Dock icon> set away> (list of away messages)
Is this even possible?... I don't think I've ever seen heriechal menus
in a dock icon.
hmm... it'd also be nifty to have a universal mute from the Fire icon
(mute all windows, unmute all windows)
Just some thoughts,
-John Craig
On Saturday, January 19, 2002, at 05:56 PM, David Remahl wrote:
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>> David,
>>
>> It looks great. But I have a couple questions/concerns.
>
> That's the reason I posted it here!
>
>> 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)?
>
> 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.
>
>> 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.
>
>> 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?
>
> 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
>
>> Colter
>>
>> 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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