[Gaim-devel] Re: Another Status Mockup

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Adil <ad...@ya...> writes:

> Hello.
>
> I am suggesting a slightly different way of handling the account-status
> part. I have uploaded some screenshots and a little description here:
>
> http://www.geocities.com/adil040/gaimst.html?200528
>
> I haven't done any drag-n-drop (like dragging an account from the
> offline group to the online group to enable the account, and vise
> versa). I am not too hot on drag-n-drop, and i don'e know how to get
> it done (i am a gtk-newbie).

I hope that it is OK for non-developers to chime in here. Please flame
me or ignore me if this is not the case.

If an account has very recently been disconnected then it would be
really cool if the corresponding icons on the buddy list were replaced
with lightening symbols. This would tell me that I had a chance to
regain connection.

Furthermore it would be cool if the "online"-column in the "account"
window was split into two columns. Here the option "login" means "Try
to log in during the following session", whereas "status" does not
contain an option.

Accounts window
                    Status   Login   autologin
678758765           offline    x          x
el...@ja...    online     x          

Apart from the two above clues I would probably prefer to avoid any
further visual information on whether or not my accounts are online.
The reason is that in most cases I don't need to know whether msn is
dead or whether my friends are offline. Either they can chat or they
cannot chat :) Furthermore my gaim almost always works flawlessly, and
therefore the online/offline information can just as well be hidden in
the accounts menu.

Thank you for making gaim, I use it all the time. 

                           Niels