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My initial impressions:
-Fire launches and connects MUCH faster than .30.b
-The most impressive thing in this release is the list clustering by alias.
I have a very large buddy list, and this feature makes Fire much more
organized.
-Ok... I keep my buddy list window extended to it's maximum vertical
length... So when I press the button to collapse the toolbar, it shrinks the
window. I don't like this :P Maybe you could create a preference option
which disables the window control for changing the window size, and has a
percentage field (relative to your screen) which Fire uses to keep the buddy
list window at a fixed size. (So I, personally, would keep fire at 100%
vertical, and about 10% horizontal).
-I like having the buddy status separate from the name in the buddy window,
but I don't like having it in a column. I like to keep the window just wide
enough to see all the buddy names and status, and no wider. Having the
separate columns makes this frustrating. I adjust the columns, then the
window... And that makes the columns change too, so I have to scroll
horizontally a little to see all of the status. So I try adjusting the
window, then the column, and I end up overshooting how much space I'll need
after the column adjustment. Not sure what the fix for this could be, but so
far I like the old way better.
-hmm... I still have no way to see people's away messages without actually
messaging them first. Can this be done with toc?
Overall, I like it, if only for the clustering by alias. I'll fool around
with the IRC protocol tomorrow, even though I don't use fire as my IRC
client.
Um... Also, I don't know anything about sourceforge, so if anyone wants to
add my ideas to the feature requests, go right ahead, I'm not.
-John Craig
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On 6/4/02 5:54 PM, "Eric Peyton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> All,
>
> I have made the 0.31.a pre-release available for your testing. If I see
> this pre-release on any external web sites (i.e. versiontracker, tucows,
> etc.) I will attempt to stop it's dissemination. It is out for testing
> only, not for release.
>
> I have removed all of the localizations except for English from this
> version while we wait for localization work for 0.31.a to finish up.
>
> You can access it here ...
>
> http://www.epicware.com/Downloads/Prerelease/Fire.app.0.31.a.PR1.dmg.gz
>
> If you aren't doing nightly builds or your own CVS builds this may be a
> big upgrade for you, so please give us feedback.
>
> Thanks,
>
> the Fire team
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