cocoaforge

I've finally updated the Metal Gear Solid message style, so before I release an update (and while the X(tras) site is down), I'd like some feedback/suggestions. Get it here. (If the link does, check the X(tras) site.)

Changes:

• New (animated) static, different opacity strategy
  New default icons (MGS characters)
  Small header variant
  Fixed the bug where the message area wouldn't reach full height until several messages had been sent
  Copy/paste friendly (if it wasn't before)
  Different text-formatting variants

To do (possibilities) :

• Different variant combinations?
  Different history delineation?
  Different color scheme(s)? (Blue?)
  Make possible to turn on/off static (javascript onClick swaps source img)?
  Associated CL theme (maybe not - feeling uninspired)?

Known bug(s) :

• Outgoing text is sometimes invisible (b/c of being black); this is because of Adium formatting issues - outgoing text isn't ever overriden by CSS. To fix, go to Format > Restore Default Formatting (and then re-set your font, but don't use 'recently used', which includes color).

So... is the update exactly what everyone (who uses it) had hoped for, already? Any other text styles people wish were there? Any of the possible "todo" things people care about?

X(tras) link

Fixes/Updates 0.5 to 0.9:
New default icons (Snake and Otacon)
Animated static (CPU hit)
Small Header variant
Fixed chat-area sizing issue with few messages present
Copy-paste friendly
...and a few new/different variants for text styling

Some things I may do (say if you care):
Max out the large-icon variants: 96x96
Protocol with the time in the header (not available just now from Adium)
Bigger space between content and context
Optionalize static animation

really cool!
i'd be a fan of the max-size user pics.

few things i wouldn't mind being able to change:
• getting rid of the italics for messages
• some sort of break (symbol or line-spacing) between screen names and away messages in the message view
• line-spacing that makes the readability a little better
• a slight revision to the bar graph between user pics so that the header will still look nice when the window is made smaller horizontally
• perhaps moving the contact name to the top of the header and left aligning it with the bars and using a slightly larger font.

hope you take these into consideration, i'm loving it