[OTR-dev] Pidgin plugin development and GUI look

[Kjell Braden]

Am Dienstag, den 27.05.2008, 22:02 +0200 schrieb hcat at gmx.net:
> [sending again to the list... webmail sucks for mailing lists :(]
> 
> > One of the issues identified in the user study is that people
> couldn't
> > figure out how to get to the "Authenticate buddy" menu item.  With
> the
> > button, you needed to right-click on the button to bring up the
> context
> > menu, which stymied a number of people.  They suggested to move it
> to a
> > menu (for which (left-)clicking is the obvious way to pull down a
> menu),
> > so that's what we did.
> 
> Why the right click? (Left-)Clicking the "OTR: <status>" like Patrik
> linked would just display a small menu just like the formatting and
> insert "toolbar buttons" do.
> Well, the OTR menu item could even stay in the menu bar (minus the
> icon, which looks a bit alien there anyway) and the "OTR: <status>"
> could just display the status down in the toolbar.


I'd love this toolbar approach. Not sure if that's what hcat just
suggested, but I'd suggest using the "OTR: <status>" thing in the
toolbar as a menu, with the contents from what is in the menu on the
top.


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