Comment 27 for bug 149805

On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 5:32 PM, sander <email address hidden> wrote:
>>> * Also add the close entry to the Login/Add Contact/Chat slot.
>>
>> That is not a slot, but the toolbar. Well, that's an idea.
>> But on Mac we already have the button in the window list,
>> no need to duplicate that.
>
> For end users there is no difference between a slot and a toolbar; for
> them both are the same!

Maybe I could. But then not on Mac since I don't want to have duplicates.
Must fix other issues first.

>
>>> * Can you add an animation for the presence control panel similar as
>>> on this page? (the right image):
>>> http://malsup.com/jquery/cycle/scrollhv.html (Next button is like
>>> closing the menu and Prev button like opening it)
>>>
>>
>> No Tk support for things like this. I guess you mean it should slide
>> slowly up and down.
>
> Yes!
>
>> Cool but there's a reason only Apple does such things.
>
> Which reason? You're also able to do amazing things! ;-) Also, I think
> KDE4 also can do such things.
>

Now you are pushing me ;-)
The easy answer is no since Tk has no access to such low level
rendering mechanisms, but maybe there is a way. Need to go to the lab
and do some experiments...

>> More:
>>
>> Coccinella icon: now size 22x22; it needs a graphics designer to add arrows.
>
> There exist Oxygen arrows AFAIK... or do you mean a ladybug looking
> like an arrow?
>

No, I just meant it is not just to add arrows over the ladybug icon since
shape and colours must make up a consistent entity, and that takes a designer.

>> Application status slot: added; note the chasing arrows when logging
> in.
>
> nice
>

The status messages, however, are just an old relic that I happened to
have kept, so they form a archeological snapshot in time.