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> I found a very simple, easy-to-code solution to the buddy list taking up too
> much space. I minimize the window when I'm not using it. Amazing, eh? :)
>
> Sarcasm aside, I started doing that because AIM's window has those godawful
> blinking ads which are a complete distraction to my work, so I kept the window
> minimized when I didn't need it. Fire solves all that because it has no ads.
>
> Also, I'm the kind of person who has windows on top of windows on top of
> windows. So once the buddy list is covered up completely, I don't notice it
> anymore anyway. Even on a TiBook my windows overlap. (then again, I'm the kind
> of person who'll have a half-dozen terminal windows open to different servers)
Sounds to me that you're not the target audience, then. =)
> It's a good idea, though, Ben, but the only major problem I see with it is the
> fact that the dock would need to be on the left or right. I don't think that's
> an acceptable solution. Why not make a little black icon that would appear in
> the right side of the menubar next to the time? Right now, I have icons for
> PPPoE, Displays, Sound volume, Batter level and percentage and a little analog
> clock. There's more than enough space for another one for Fire with and a
> drop-down menu with your active buddies, preferences, buddy management, online
> stats, etc.
Yes, that is the biggest problem. I'm not sure how to solve the dock issue,
and the basic problem is that text *is* a horizontal thing (in English, at
least), and so any attempt to put the bar on the side will involve a hack of
some sort...
> I guess the point I'm trying to make is why not use a convention that has
> already been established rahter than trying to create a new one that requires
> a user to dramatically change the way he uses his computer?
Well, perhaps the best argument I can make is that it's difficult to fit
information on 15 buddies into a 32x32 square in the menubar. =)
It doesn't really impact you, because you don't mind not having the
information handy, but many people want to know who is online on a fairly
ongoing basis. It really wouldn't be a very workable solution to have to go
click in the menubar every time you wanted to see who's online. I had
considered this solution, but it just didn't seem to really solve anything
that minimizing the window didn't, as you point out.
> Just my three cents. (this was more than two cents of typing. ;)
Very good, very good. =)
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