[OTR-dev] Pidgin plugin development and GUI look

[Ian Goldberg]

On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 09:40:05PM +0200, hcat at gmx.net wrote:
> > It's in the scrollable help text.  We could easily add a help button,
> > but you'd still be missing a lot of the text that's there now.
> I would just describe the selected auth method in 2-3 lines in the
> dialog and then link to a webpage with in-depths information and
> examples. Security is not a trivial matter and users should at least
> have a basic understanding of what they are doing, which is best done
> reading some introduction document but not fitting tons of information
> for 1st time users in every dialog etc.
> 
> [This is re your other mail about the toolbar button:]
> 
> > Tell me what you think.  In any event, I'd change the menu to look like
> > the ones in the menu bar.
> I like it. It would be nice to be able to disable the menu integration
> optionally.

OK, give it a try now.  I've done both the button-in-the-toolbar and
the updated authentication dialog (based on your mockup).

Anyone else have any changes to suggest before letting the translators
go at it?

Thanks,

   - Ian