[Adium-devl] Global proxy settings?

[Evan Schoenberg]

Rather than defining some sort of 'global' proxy (where would it go?  
Is it really a commonly needed thing given that for most users the  
Locations system should be sufficient), how about this as an  
alternative solution:
Account groups, similar in interface within the Accounts prefs to how  
the Saved Status groups work.

Groups could be enabled/disabled as a unit.  Status menu could  
reflect the groups when multiple groups are enabled, allowing easy  
setting of the group at once to a single status.  Options for a group  
would be the usual personal and proxy options.. individual accounts  
would fall back on the group's settings for personal  if they are set  
(as an intermediary between the account and the global Personal  
prefs) and would show "use group proxy settings" in the proxy menu if  
within a group.

Thoughts?  Being able to do connection profiles for various reasons  
(work vs. home for example) is a fairly old and common request.   
Viksit, do you think this would solve your situation as well or better?

-Evan

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On Mar 1, 2007, at 1:54 AM, Andrew Harvey wrote:

> What would be fantastic would be (DUN DUN DUN!) AppleScript  
> support, through which proxy settings could easily be set, allowing  
> me to use startup items, Quicksilver or some sort of black magic to  
> trigger various scripts for various configurations. I know, I'm  
> just dreaming, but it would be really cool.

I think that preferences-setting AppleScript support is independent  
of a solution to the problem if one is needed but would still be Good  
to have.  Someone who actually cares about AppleScript needs to take  
'ownership' of it if it's going to develop... I did almost all of our  
current support in response to repeated requests for scripting  
support, and I believe Peter did some significant work cleaning it  
up... I can't speak for him, but I honestly don't personally care  
about scripting of Adium at all. That's not to say that it's not an  
important or useful thing to have -- just that it's very difficult to  
get motivated to take on a project and then maintain it across  
developments if you have no desire to use it.
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