Indicating mentions

[Chris Forsythe]

I know you said that screenshots are deceptive. However, I think you'd  
get a lot more feedback on these if you provided some screenshots.  
Without screenshots I think you're losing some value here.

I find the sheer amount of variants to be overwhelming to be quite  
honest. The default variant itself I found to be a bit weird with  
highlights. The button-esque look just didn't look right for a message  
view. The element just didn't fit.

Chris



On Dec 29, 2009, at 9:20 PM, Matthew wrote:

> I've gotten two more comments via IRC, anyone else want to chime in?
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> Matthew
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> On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 09:07, Matthew <mneedham at ei8ht.us> wrote:
>> I need your input.
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>> Some of you know I've been updating the bundled styles with topics  
>> and
>> mention/focus indicators. I'm trying to make indicators that are not
>> only stylistically integrated, but also that aren't implemented the
>> same way on each style. The goal is merely to provide the basic
>> functionality (in a style-sensitive way) for those users that want to
>> use the styles in the context where the functionality is important.
>> Stated negatively, it does not try to make a style not-suck at
>> groupchat even though it does add groupchat functionality. :)
>>
>> I've tried to change as little as possible in the existing css/html,
>> adding only the bits needed for the added functionality - I'm trying
>> to avoid message style regressions. However, some things bothered me
>> enough that small tweaks were made here or there. All of the styles
>> are woefully in need of a complete rewrite, but I'm targeting that  
>> for
>> 1.5.
>>
>> I've attached the latest version of Stockholm, which is also  
>> available
>> in my repo (http://hg.adium.im/xtras/mathuaerknedam). It's not quite
>> finished, but it should be pretty close.
>>
>> The regular and alternating variants have two different treatments  
>> for
>> mentions. The regular one is my favorite, and the one I originally
>> came up with. The alternating variants have a different style because
>> one of my early testers was bothered by the fact that the foreground
>> and background of the sender/time bar changed.
>>
>> I'm intentionally NOT posting screenshots because I want input from
>> people who have actually used the style. Screenshots are often
>> deceptive. Please try them and let me know which you prefer.
>>
>> I'll be offline for most of the rest of the week, but I'll respond to
>> any questions and comments when I return.
>>
>>
>> --
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>> Matthew
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> Matthew
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