Re: [Gaim-devel] limiting prpls to 3 emblems (instead of 4)

[Casey H. <cas...@gm...>]

Mark Doliner wrote:
> On Fri, 28 Oct 2005 10:25:45 -0500, Casey Harkins wrote
> 
>>Would it be reasonable to limit prpls to setting 3 emblems instead 
>>of 4? The reason I ask, is that I would like to use the sw emblem 
>>position for an envelope emblem if a buddy has a message pending.
> 
> 
> I don't have any problem with limiting prpls to 3 emblems (although I would
> still let them set 4, and then bump off one of them if you have queued
> messages from a user).
> 
> However, a little envelope next to somebodies name doesn't seem very
> attention-grabbing.  It seems like it'd be really easy to not notice the
> envelope.  Especially if you have a long buddy list that you'd normally have
> to scroll through.  Of course, I don't have any better suggestions.
> 

It was pointed out to me on #gaim that the envelope emblem doesn't work 
if you receive a message from someone not on your buddy list, so the 
emblem idea sort of fell flat. It could still be used as an additional 
notification, but isn't sufficient on its own.

I've now opted for sadrul's suggestion, which is a menutray icon as seen 
here:

   http://pobox.com/~charkins/gaim/blistpend.png

(yeah, i stupidy overwrote the screenshot from my previous e-mail so 
people reading that message first will be utterly confused)

I have a little cleaning up to do (converting old prefs to new 3-way 
pref and removing old prefs) and then I'll get the patch up in the 
tracker for people to test.

-casey