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I think that the best thing to do would be to focus on functionality and
worry about window dressing later,
Js
(love the software! Huge fan!)
On 1/27/02 3:10 PM, "Brad Watson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Greetings programs,
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> I've seen a good deal of posts on users who wish to use buddy icons
> in fire, the only problem is that the AIM TOC libraries do not allow
> this, and even if they did, would you really want to use them in just
> the AIM service alone?
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> I had an idea that might allow for Fire to use buddy icons
> throughout every service much the same way that maccentral allows user
> avatars in their posts. What if the buddy editor could allow you to
> specify a graphic to be associated with that particular buddy based on
> two possible locations: via an http address/public iTools address, or
> locally on your hard drive. AIM actually allows the latter just in case
> you wish to assign icons to users who have none.
>
> As far as placement, their could be an dynamic item in the chat
> toolbar (similar to proteus' service icon item) that would initially
> have a generic icon. Once clicked it could open the buddy editor to the
> identity pane and allow you to add a graphic location for that user.
> After it is added the generic Icon would be replaced by the custom
> graphic.
>
> I know this is much easier said than done. It might also just be
> plain impossible, but I wanted to submit it to the list to see what the
> reaction was.
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> Brad
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Cincro Communications Corp. <www.cincro.com>
Opening The Window to Interaction
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