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by oddfellow
Sat Dec 13, 2008 6:47 am
Forum: Adium
Topic: AdiumXtras download mixup
Replies: 0
Views: 988

AdiumXtras download mixup

Wow, it's been a long time since I've been around here. Back in 2004, I uploaded a handful of extras to the AdiumXtras site, including the Slick dock icon set. I haven't made any changes since I first uploaded it. When you view its detail page, all the correct data is displayed, however, if you clic...
by oddfellow
Mon Jun 13, 2005 4:39 pm
Forum: Adium
Topic: Re: Why a contact list?
Replies: 74
Views: 35198

Re: Adium, Hubbub, and contact presence awareness.

The purpose , as far as I was aware, of having a highly customizable contact list was not so that users can get it as invisible as possible, but so that users can make it as easy as possible to ascertain important information User's can ascertain contact presence perfectly fine with a non-customiza...
by oddfellow
Mon Jun 13, 2005 2:46 pm
Forum: Growl
Topic: Growl....just not customisable enough...
Replies: 25
Views: 15502

On a related note, I picked up from another thread that 0.7 is supposed to allow customization of bezel colors. I have the 0.7 that came with the Adium 0.82 beta, and lo and behold, that option is there! I quickly changed some priority settings to allow for coloration of different events like connec...
by oddfellow
Mon Jun 13, 2005 5:46 am
Forum: Adium
Topic: Re: Why a contact list?
Replies: 74
Views: 35198

What he's saying is that he cares about all the online contacts, and none of the offline ones... and that if he were to pick, say, the 10 who are most often online and focus on those, he might miss one who only signs on once every three months. This is an argument for the contact list to continue t...
by oddfellow
Sun Jun 12, 2005 11:33 pm
Forum: Adium
Topic: Re: Why a contact list?
Replies: 74
Views: 35198

Re: Adium, Hubbub, and contact presence awareness.

Also, my contact list is not that long. It is currently displaying 15 contacts, and because I have it sorted by status I can see who is available at a very quick glance. So you only need to have about 15 contacts out of how many status available at a quick glance? The only reason that there are cur...
by oddfellow
Sun Jun 12, 2005 11:25 pm
Forum: Adium
Topic: Congratulations on Apple Design Award Mention
Replies: 41
Views: 18097

Sweet cuppin' cakes! A winner is you!
by oddfellow
Sun Jun 12, 2005 11:18 pm
Forum: Adium
Topic: Re: Why a contact list?
Replies: 74
Views: 35198

Re: Adium, Hubbub, and contact presence awareness.

I agree with the idea that the primary use for instant messaging apps isn't contact monitoring. Well, for whatever it's worth, I disagree. In fact, one of my primary uses for Adium, and instant messaging in general, is awareness of contact presence. Just to be clear, you primarily stare at a rather...
by oddfellow
Sun Jun 12, 2005 2:06 pm
Forum: Adium
Topic: Re: Why a contact list?
Replies: 74
Views: 35198

Adium, Hubbub, and contact presence awareness.

I agree with the idea that the primary use for instant messaging apps isn't contact monitoring. Well, for whatever it's worth, I disagree. In fact, one of my primary uses for Adium, and instant messaging in general, is awareness of contact presence. Finally, I think it's a sad thing that those &quo...