Re: [Gaim-devel] Yet Another Oscar File Transfer Patch

[Rob F. <ro...@ma...>]

> 
> Though this interface does indeed look nice, it requires a wide buddy
> list, which most people do not prefer. It may be better in the long
> run to just have a file transfer dialog, though it'd be nice if this
> was made an option (if it wasn't too much work, that is). I think if
> we had a different model for the buddy list (internal and API), it
> could be worked in a bit better, but I don't want to go into detail
> about that.

I should have my UI completed soon. Some things happened this weekend
that kept me from coding much on it. I'll post something here about it
when I get finished so you all can give me your input.


> It's good that you two are discussing this together. I don't know what
> Sean and Rob's stance on the incorporation of file transfer patches
> is, but I would imagine it would help if there were people working
> with you on developing file transfer support for other protocols.

I started looking at how FT works in MSN and IRC.  I talked VERY briefly
about Yahoo FT support w/ Sean.