[Gaim-patches] [ gaim-Patches-920403 ] Patch adds pref to reverse red/blue IM SNs back to Win style

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Patches item #920403, was opened at 2004-03-21 04:15
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>Status: Closed
>Resolution: Rejected
Priority: 5
Submitted By: themurphster (themurphster)
Assigned to: Sean Egan (seanegan)
Summary: Patch adds pref to reverse red/blue IM SNs back to Win style

Initial Comment:
This very small patch adds a preference to allow users 
who are used to Windows AIM to reverse the red and 
blue back to what they're used to (Me Red / You Blue).

It might not seem like much, but for a Windows user 
who's just switched to Linux, having the red and blue 
reversed can be very disorienting.

Hope you like it
-mike

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>Comment By: Sean Egan (seanegan)
Date: 2004-11-20 17:42

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I'm working on someone else's patch to have the colors
customizable

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Comment By: alan johnson (chomo)
Date: 2004-03-29 15:38

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yes colours would help

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Comment By: themurphster (themurphster)
Date: 2004-03-22 17:57

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Hardcoding the switch for win32 is an idea, I actually 
considered trying to make it part of the win32 plugin, so you'd 
only get the option when using win32, but then I thought 
about how, when I eventually migrate to Linux, I'm going to 
want to take my colors with me.  That's why I decided to 
make it universal.

Shame you're getting the impression that Win users don't like 
Gaim.  I wonder if it's really like that or if you're just hearing 
the squeaky wheels.  I think it's awesome.  All the benefits of 
AIM+DeadAIM and open source to boot.  I'm a big fan of the 
project.  Maybe it's just 0.75's cursor problems and how the 
GTK that's packaged with it needs an upgrade.  0.76 should 
be hit, especially with WYSIWYG.

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Comment By: Andrew Sayman (lorien420)
Date: 2004-03-22 15:25

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What about no preference at all? What if it just #if win32'd
this and only used AIM's colors on that platform. Something
like this might speed adoption. I don't personally believe
this will, because it seems like most people migrating from
AIM just want an excuse not to like Gaim.
I also know two people who've used Gaim on Windows and
haven't mentioned the color switch at all. 

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Comment By: Luke Schierer (lschiere)
Date: 2004-03-21 17:21

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we release with a consistent color choice, but in cvs,
colors used for the screennames, as well as the logo,
frequently reflect the current holiday, so i'm quite used to
my colors changing around ;-) 

perhaps it is just the reverse, that we as developers are
particularly insensitive to this. that's one of the reasons
i'm leaving this open to see if anyone else thinks differently. 

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Comment By: themurphster (themurphster)
Date: 2004-03-21 16:55

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Poor though their color choice may have been, switching to a 
client that uses _the exact opposite_ for its coor scheme is 
very disorienting.

When I use IM, I frequently alt-tab to the conversation 
window and glance at the bottom to make sure I was the last 
to send.  When I see red, I instantly think "ok nothing new to 
see" and alt-tab back right away, almost without thinking 
about it.  At this point my brain is wired to think "cool color = 
they're talking to me / warm color = I can go do something 
else."  Having that reversed has always been my only real 
gripe with Gaim.

All-in-all I agree with and applaud Gaim's and Gnome's call for 
an end to preference overload, and I see why you would be 
reluctant.  But I do think that having this option would let 
winaim refugees feel at home much quicker.

I'd encourage you switch your colors for a few days and see 
how much it affects you.  If I'm just exceptionally sensitive to 
this, it's my problem and I'll back down.  But I have reason to 
believe that many would agree with me.

-Mike

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Comment By: Luke Schierer (lschiere)
Date: 2004-03-21 13:51

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i personally dislike this idea, i've always thought that
their color choice was poor, and i think that with
everything else that is changing around them on such a move,
even in the case of moving from winaim to wingaim, that
"they are used to it this way" is a poor reason to add a new
preference. 

I'll leave this open though in case any of my co-developers
disagree with me. 

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