Re: [Amsn-devel] [dpcris85@users.sourceforge.net: [Amsn-commits] SF.net SVN: amsn: [7802] trunk/amsn]

[Philippe V. - P. <lep...@us...>]

Hi,
why don't you implement the alternative 2 as you can't see any con to it ?
BY the way, the main trouble IMO is that the dpchooser for our own display =
pic=20
doesn't resize if you resize the window....
I tried to fix it but didn't managed....
Phil

Le Wednesday 31 January 2007 20:03, Cristofaro Del Prete a =E9crit=A0:
> Hi... looks like very few developers are interested in this issue... so,
> I'm writing a clean summary of it, hoping that it will make easier to
> get opinions.
>
> Subject:
> Custom DP - Supposed behavior and features (from an end-user viewpoint)
> of the user display pictures tab (in the contact properties screen)
>
> --- Current Implementation ---
> The user DPs tab shows a "selector" dpbrowser, with a preview box and a
> set of buttons to interact with the selected image.
>
> Pros:
> * Everything about user DPs is inside that tab
>
> Cons:
> * When setting a custom DP to a user, you can only choose among that
> user's cached DP
> * It's not easily visible if a custom DP has been set on a user
> * For consistence with other "custom" options, the custom DP setting
> should be in the "settings" tab
>
> --- Alternative 1 ---
> The custom DP setting is implemented through change/remove buttons in
> the settings tab, with a preview only if a custom DP is set (same
> behavior as the custom color).
> The user DPs tab only contains a dpbrowser with the cached DPs, in
> "viewonly" mode (no interaction)
>
> Pros:
> * custom DP consistent with other "custom" settings
> * Full featured dpbrowser for custom DP selection
>
> Cons:
> * A dpbrowser must be opened to be able to delete (or copy to clipboard)
> a cached display picture
>
> --- Alternative 2 ---
> The custom DP setting is implemented through change/remove buttons in
> the settings tab, with a preview only if a custom DP is set (same
> behavior as the custom color).
> The user DPs tab only contains a dpbrowser with the cached DPs, in
> "properties" mode (popup menus)
>
> Pros:
> * custom DP consistent with other "custom" settings
> * Full featured dpbrowser for custom DP selection
>
> Cons:
>
>
>
> Feel free to add other alternatives, or to add more pros/cons.
> Thank you for interesting
>
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