Yeah, I know what you want, and I applaud it. but because some ppl here think we need a "manager" to find files further in history (the case youness described of having 20 files sent), I proposed to put this in the history.
Karel. 2007/5/31, Philippe Valembois - Phil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I didn't want to speak about long time histories but more about pending > FTs... Those we display with the accept link : having it in the same > list could be great IMO... > Phil > > Karel Demeyer a écrit : > > 2007/5/31, Philippe Valembois - Phil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> Heey, > >> so much speaking without me :'( > >> Are you crazy to flood my mailbox like that ? > >> Anyway, IMO, putting FTs in CL is a really bad idea as I think that many > >> people don't look at it when they are in a speaking with someone so EVEN > >> if HIG would say that I would be totally against. > > > > The HIG doesn't state "file transfer managers should be in the main > > window"; it was just a choice to remove clutter. A lot of usability > > guidelines say you shouldn't open too much individual windows though. > > > >> By the way, HIG as > >> some really strange ideas about notification icons... > > > > They declare 'm as "notification icons", instead of how it is used > > mostly in windows: as a solution to the taskbar being too small for > > all windows (which is a design flaw of the taskbar, so the taskbar > > should be changed instead of using the notification tray as a > > taskbar2) > > > >> And I hate Gnome > >> :p (no j/k : I dislike it (piuuh I almost threw a troll on the ML :d) ) > > > > :D > > > >> Anyway, about putting it in the same window that the discussion, I think > >> that's a good idea : that let us always see the FT state but... I think > >> it takes its place in the window (imagine my CW with no DPs : I want to > >> maximum for the discussion because that's the aim of this window) > >> Putting FTs embedded in the output text area is for me silly as we loose > >> it too easily and I agree with many of you when you say that's a dl > >> manager hasn't its place in aMSN (Youness please stop with Opera : as > >> soon as a soft is closed source, it is EVIL :p) > >> Browser have a dl manager because a user (you for example) downloads > >> various things but it's always bound to your interests or sth like that. > >> With IM, the FT is more bound to a user (there is context : you > >> receive/send this file because you speak about sth precise with your > >> contact). > >> I still wonder how we could melt such a list in the chat window without > >> any repacking (repacking is always ugly and all the window flicker :s) > >> But if we find how to put this list, I would be to put FT requests also > >> in it : like that, you can easily accept a past FT and that put every FT > >> related things in the same place. > > > > Many therefor it's also easier to put it on the right underneath the > > DP's of your contact(s) as it would take more lines) > > > > > > About the need for a "manager" to find files that were sent to you in > > the past: why not incoporate it in the chat history ? the transfer > > took place in a chat .. so if you want to find it again, you can > > search that chat by date/contact and if we have it possible to put > > (inside the chathistory) some interactive lines (an "open file" and > > "open dir" and "remove file" link, that is inactive if the file > > doesn't exist anymore) ... ideas ? > > > > > >> Phil > >> PS I will try to avoid looong mails like Youness ones. He would beat me > >> too easily :d > >> > >> Youness Alaoui a écrit : > >>> that's the point of the brainstorming :) > >>> > >>> On Wed, May 30, 2007 at 09:53:38PM +0200, NoWhereMan wrote: > >>>> Karel Demeyer wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> Again, I'd like the question(s) to rise: Do we really need an "FT > >>>>> manager"? Isn't this a bit over-engineering ? Is it needed for an IM > >>>>> program where file transfers are a nice feature but not the main > >>>>> activity ? Do you think our users will transfer so many files at once > >>>>> they need a manager because they can't manage 'm themselves ? > >>>> I just don't like progress bars floating around...that's all > >>>> > >>>> it's true that file manager does have progress dialogs, but this is a - > >>>> erm - IM program, does really an IM program need a dialog progress bar? > >>>> *cough* :D > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>>> This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > >>>> Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > >>>> control of your XML. No limits. Just data. 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