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[Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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frederik.nnaji@xxxxxxxxx wrote on 07/12/10 00:58:
>
> esteemed readers,
>
> *Do you use Gwibber?*

Not me. It can't post real retweets/repeats, it presents retweets from
others with the wrong person's icon and the end chopped off, it doesn't
know about my saved searches, it can't display conversations in-line,
and the snap-to-top scrolling is hard to scan.

(Some of these things may already have been fixed or implemented since
Ubuntu 10.10, I don't know.)

>...
> We currently have Mail and IM portrayed by two seperate icons in the
> panel:
> 1) the envelope -> Mail -> Messaging Menu
> 2) the speech bubble -> IM -> Me Menu
>...

As I said last month
<https://lists.launchpad.net/ayatana/msg04065.html>, I'm interested in
proposals to combine them. I just realized, though, that I hadn't
answered your question from last time:

>> But there are other layout
>> issues to consider, too.
>
> Please spell them out so we can address them collaboratively!
> I think often a good idea that replaces a complicated one makes most
> issues disappear at once.

Some of the layout issues:
*   How should someone reply to a post? Does it make sense for replying
    and posting a new message to be completely different interfaces?
*   Is it possible for the entry field to look balanced, anywhere other
    than the top of the menu?
*   If Gwibber is set up to post to multiple accounts, what's the ideal
    way to present those accounts as toggles to choose from?

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Matthew Paul Thomas
http://mpt.net.nz/
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