> I had the impression that no-one was using them anyway. There have been > quite many users confused by them, and also there was the portion of > users that complained they were not flexible enough. I'd like to > replace them by a smarter (omg the s-word!!1 *cough*) algorithm that > does better what the colrules were intended for. > > In short: the colrules failed to deliver.
Sorry, but I don't agree at all. ;) At first, we should not care about users getting confused by a feature that they could simply ignore. It's really just some lines in wmiirc. Secondly, I heavily use them, or in other words: not having them would add much pain to daily usage, because it seems just natural to me, always opening a second column for every second client per view (considering a 4:3 display or even wider... is there anything taller?). Though, there are "natural" exceptions like the "web" or "mail" views, therefore I simply need the colrules. Of course, if you like to replace it with something smarter, go on. But why removing something long before there's even an *idea* on how it could be replaced?
