From: Luke S. <lsc...@us...> - 2005-03-11 22:37:12
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On Fri, Mar 11, 2005 at 04:27:35PM -0600, Tim Ringenbach wrote: <snip> > > You click expand, and suddenly one widget for each enabled account > appears above the global status widget. These widgets are in the single > account mode, they have all the prpl specific status options. They > probably have the prpl icon too, instead of the gaim dude. You click > collapse and they all disappear again. You now feel comfortable in that > the global status selector actually works, your accounts really are in > the state they should be in. They certainly have the prpl icon, they may have the buddy icon as well. <snip the rest> I like this proposal, as worded, with just the above minor correction. I think it makes very good compromise with sean's insistance on one account at a time being the most common case and with his insistance that all accounts being exactly the same is most of the rest. I still disagree with both assertions, but this leaves us with a mostly usable interface even if he's wrong. The one thing it lacks that I would like is the ability to save that "complex state" ie the default and the exception, to restore to it on the fly at some future point. Kingant's model had, I think, the best interface for this, and I think some version's of sean's included it as well. luke |