I accidentally reinvented part of this, except uglier, today during a UI
argument on #adium-devl: http://trac.adium.im/ticket/15755
As sholt so aptly put it... "if it's invented multiple times… ;)"
David
On Sep 30, 2011, at 11:43 AM, Evan Schoenberg, M.D. wrote:
> Let's not let this thread die.
>
> Would anybody like to work on some of the smaller pieces, on micro branches,
> of George's excellently thought-out proposal that can be implemented without
> a complete UI rewrite? I point to factors I mentioned as
> definitely-an-improvement:
>
>> The following is fantastic, beautifully considered, and well mocked up:
>> - Me button
>> - Emoticon insertion
>> - Scripts/links
>> - Transfer activity
>> - Source-target reveal behavior
>> - Contact info behavior improvements as shown on page 6
>> - Insertion buttons and proposed behavior
>> - Character count with smart appearance behavior
>> - Toolbar button redesign - looks very clean and natural
>
> The grander scope of the UI redesign has a lot to recommend it but might be
> hard to do outside of trunk... which is just one more reason for us to figure
> out how we can refine 1.5 to release-quality and move on to bigger and funner
> things :)
>
> -Evan
>
>
> On Aug 25, 2011, at 11:46 PM, George Lambrou wrote:
>
>> I can't sleep until I clear this up. Sorry to bump.
>>
>> On Aug 25, 11, at 9.27 pm, Evan Schoenberg, M.D. wrote:
>>
>>> I like moving the active chat's name into a sub-toolbar indicator.
>> Evan, that's just the header of the message style, not a permanent part of
>> the interface. Although I'm very glad that you like it. :)
>>
>> George
>
