Okay, I was working on a new proposal, told Karel on MSN, and then he replied he was just updating his, and I decided to complete mine and then compare them before sending mine. And yeah, much is the same (especially in 'Account', 'View' and 'Help').
A quick overview of the differences: - Mine lacks the 'MSN Messenger Status' in the Help menu, but I think it is a good idea to add it, I just did not think of adding that. - I left out 'Enable sounds' and 'Plugins'. I do not see why having those in the prefs window would not be enough. I kept the 'Preferences' item in the 'Account' menu though, because having a 'Tools' or 'Settings' menu did not really survive in the discussion. There are simply not enough items to put there, so having it as a menu is not justified. - I added a few things that were missing, and would be helpful. Most of them just popped into my mind while looking at some context menus in aMSN, or the MSN8 menus as sent by Youness. - I removed the actions menu. Some of its items went into the 'Contact' menu. - I removed sort groups ascending/descending - I moved the Load/Save contact list into the Account menu. I already told why in my previous e-mails. - I modified the order of the items in the main menu bar, as well as in some menus. Here is my proposal: Account Contact View Help ================================== ===Account=== Log in as ... Log in Log out --- Change nickname... Change display picture... // NEW My Status > --- Go to Inbox My profile --- View received files Show events history --- Load contact list Save contact list --- Preferences --- Minimize to tray Close ===Contact=== Add new... Remove --- Send a message Send sms Send email Send file... // No need to say 'file or photo' ;-) --- View chat history View webcam sessions --- New group... Rename group... Remove group --- Block // NEW --- Properties ===View=== * Show contact with nickname Show contact with email --- Sort contacts by status Sort contacts by group * Sort contacts in hybrid mode --- x Hide empty groups // NEW x Hide offline contacts // NEW --- Change global nickname ... ===Help=== Contents FAQ Online help --- Send feedback // NEW --- About aMSN Op zaterdag 6 mei 2006 14:11, schreef Karel Demeyer: > Not much changed, though I took a look at what youness wrote down about > MSN8 and watched their menus, and incorporated the "minimise" action. > > Karel. > > > These are not anymore in this menus-proposal: > > [OFF] amsn versioncontrol -> in about window > This was removes because it's not very much used anyway and only > populates > screen real-estate. whe a user checks the version he/she has in the > about > window, he/she should be able to check for the latest release in there > too. > > [OFF] minimise instead of close -> in preferences > This is something only set once. From usability point of view it's > even > wrong to minimise a window (to the tray) when the close button is used > as > this should do the same as the "close" entry in the main menu. Though, > this is an often requested feature, so it should be kept, and it's > place > is in the preferences window. > > [OFF] Change language -> in preferences > This is a preference mostly only set once and thus belongs in the > preferences screen. > > [OFF] Change skin -> appearances in prefs > Idem dito. > > > > This is the proposal: > > ===Account=== > Log in as ... > Log in > Log out > --- > Change Nickname ... > My Status > > --- > Go to Inbox > My profile > --- > view received files > show events history > --- > Enable sounds > Plugins > Prefs > --- > Minimise to tray icon > Close > > > ===View=== > Sort contacts by status > Sort contacts by group > * Sort contacts in hybrid mode > --- > * Show contact with nickname > Show contact with email > --- > Change global nickname ... > --- > * Sort groups ascending > Sort groups descending > > > > ===Actions=== > send a message > send sms > send email > --- > send file or foto > send webcam > ask to see webcam > > > (the first actions might become a submenu (all but "message" when > pluhgins add some stuff, same lagic ass in contextmenu) > > > > ===Contacts=== > add a contact ... > remove a contact ... > Contact properties > --- > New group > Rename group > Remove group > --- > view chat history > view webcam sessions > --- > save contactlist > load saved contactlist > > > > ===Help=== > contents > FAQ > online help > --- > MSN Messenger status > Send feedback (also for bugs .. we shouldn't call it "bugs" in here > anyway) > --- > about aMSN > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? 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