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On Tuesday, June 4, 2002, at 07:03 PM, John Craig wrote:
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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.
Just like every other OS X app with toolbars. Learn to cope :-)
> 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.
This probably will not change. Without the columns it would be
difficult to sort by status if we ever wanted to go that way.
>
> -hmm... I still have no way to see people's away messages without
> actually
> messaging them first. Can this be done with toc?
No.
Eric
>
> 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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