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> Greetings programs,
>
> 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?
>
> 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.
>
> End of line
>
> Brad
I actually thought about this earlier today while sitting on the bus...It
seems like a nice idea, and with the magic of cocoa it should be possible to
realize in practice...Let me think about this...
Also, to avoid feature requests getting lost, it would be cool if people
also filed them on sourceforge, besides posting them here!
/ Sincerely, David Remahl
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