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by scourtney
Fri Jun 10, 2005 6:31 am
Forum: Adium
Topic: Re: Why a contact list?
Replies: 74
Views: 35200

revisiting drawers

I agree with the idea that the primary use for instant messaging apps isn't contact monitoring. Adam's comments about type 2 and type 3 contacts, which for me comprise a good 90% of my contact list, call to mind the HIG recommendation for the use of drawers: controls that need to be accessed fairly ...
by scourtney
Wed Mar 02, 2005 2:05 am
Forum: Adium
Topic: hide new messages until I click?
Replies: 4
Views: 2616

hide new messages until I click?

Hi,

Is there an option that would prevent a message window from being opened until I switched to Adium? This is mostly a privacy thing.

thanks.
by scourtney
Wed Mar 02, 2005 1:56 am
Forum: Adium
Topic: What ever happened to ONE window?
Replies: 51
Views: 20704

The advantage (for me, I recognize that it's not for everyone) would be keeping the contact list next to the actual messages. I generally have several windows open at a time, and often have to juggle the placement of different applications' windows. I tend to think of the messages and the contacts a...