Comment 35 for bug 149805

On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 3:50 PM, sander <email address hidden> wrote:
>
>> Also, even on XP is some
>> flickering when it has slide up since I need to switch geometry
>> manager. If I could do a dummy copy of the complete window that is
>> sliding I could use that as an overlay and do the usual packaging
>> behind it and then just remove the dummy. That should remove the
>> flickering, but lot of work.
>
> But worth the work ;-)

I think we leave it with the simplified slide mechanism for the moment.
Note that you may speed it up by setting
set UI::slide(ms) 1
but this makes it too fast on non Macs.

>
> Other bug: when sliding, the search block is temporary made invisible
> when it is opened (Ctrl/Command+F).
>

We have to live with that since the search block belongs to the roster
window and does not slide with the control panel.
It actually lives behind the sliding window when it slides down, just
as the roster is behind it.

> Other feedback:
> * move the security-* icon to the left. In this way it will be always
> visible on Mac OS X
Done.

> * The micro blog and directory search slots do not yet work (I guess
> you know that)

They are just dummies. Search slot is being worked on today but still
not finished.

> * Directory search slot: instead of showing the text "Search JUD",
> show the icon service-directory-user.png and use this balloon text
> (for icon AND field): "Search People in Directory" + show the
> magnifier icon in the search field, just like when searching contacts
> in the contact list + show greyed out text "Search" in the field and
> hide it when the field is active and empty (just like in Firefox), do
> also the same for the search block for the contact list

Some of this in cvs, but did you actually mean to have two mag glasses?
If not I prefer to keep the one inside the entry widget.

> * Micro blog slot: get inspiration here:
> http://el-tramo.be/blog/psi-jaiku Not sure how it's best to implement
> this.
>

Inspiration isn't a problem :-)
But you need to give me a little time to catch up, otherwise I end up
having lot of unfinished pieces here and there.