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I think I would much rather it be real transparency. Being able to set the
alpha level to something like 50% would be nice. Nice thought, though.
On 2/22/02 3:08 pm, "Chris Campbell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> I checked in a feature that makes the background of the buddy list
> invisible a few days ago and I haven't heard any feedback. The feature
> is enabled by choosing "Toggle Buddy Window Transparency" from the
> "Window" menu.
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> I've been told that "Transparent" is a bit of a misnomer for this
> feature...the window isn't made transparent (like the flashing chat
> windows), but the background is made completely invisible. So the buddy
> list contents is still completely opaque, but the background is
> transparent. Thus, this feature does not let you change the transparency
> of the entire buddy window -- it just lets you hide the background.
> Maybe "Hide Buddy Window Background" would be a better name for the menu
> item? Suggestions?
>
> A couple notes:
>
> * You can't click something that's invisible. If you click the invisible
> part of the window, the click just passes right through. So I'd
> recommend turning on service icons and using those to click on buddies.
> * When the background's invisible, there's no title bar or window
> border. So you can't move or resize the window. You need to switch back
> to opaque mode to do that.
> * You can't change the font color in the buddy list yet. I know a lot of
> people have dark backgrounds (I do) and the default black text doesn't
> show up very well on it. I'm working on new preferences to let you
> customize the color of the text in the buddy list.
>
> If you want to see a screenshot, check out:
>
> http://screenshots.haque.net/screenshots/show/591/
>
> This also shows another new buddy list change -- the vertical scroll bar
> will automatically hide itself when it's not needed.
>
> - Chris
>
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