Re: [Gaim-devel] Check out this thing I did!

[Luke S. <lsc...@us...>]

On Mon, Jun 12, 2006 at 07:54:43AM -0500, Richard Laager wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-06-12 at 12:46 +0000, Eduardo Pérez wrote:
> > What about opening the window just when you click on "Get Info" and show
> > a "Loading..." message in the window and when it gets the info or the
> > error show it and set the URGENT flag so the user knows when it's ready.
> 
> I like that idea, as long as the local information is displayed right
> away. So it'd be:
> 
> LOCAL INFORMATION
> 
> Loading... (or similar, which would be replaced with real data as it
> arrives)
> 
> Richard

I also like this idea, and further, do not consider it tangental to
the discussion of error message placement.

If the user is getting info, they have requested a new dialog.  Thus
the popup itself is not really a problem.  The problem, as I see it,
is the delay.  Because the error is not immediate, the user no longer
has the clear association between having requested info and seeing a
new dialog.  The error, or the info, then, in a sense, "pops up."

If however, we displayed the info dialog immediately, there would be
no reason to even CONSIDER putting the error, if any, in the buddy
list.  Rather, we'd display the error to the info window, just as we
display conversation errors to the conversation tab.  I think this
would be superior.

luke