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From: Woody on 7 Dec 2009 08:56 T i m <news(a)spaced.me.uk> wrote: > On Mon, 7 Dec 2009 12:26:16 +0000, peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk (Peter > Ceresole) wrote: > > >T i m <news(a)spaced.me.uk> wrote: > > > >> Then we actually started the text chat and I predict I'll be the only > >> one here who finds the speech bubble - alternate sides / colours > >> format a bit 'silly' (I think I've since read they can be turned off > >> but can that be done as a default please)? > > > >I hope not; it's by far the clearest visual indication of what's going > >on. > > Not for everyone though. ;-) I agree it would be nice as an option. > Q, If that concept was so good, why isn't it implemented on more (any > other?) IM clients? You can do it in both trillian and adium if you want, -- Woody
From: Peter Ceresole on 7 Dec 2009 08:57 T i m <news(a)spaced.me.uk> wrote: > Q, If that concept was so good, why isn't it implemented on more (any > other?) IM clients? Because the guys that did iChat are *better* at interfaces than the other guys? Which I think is true. Same way that for me the Mac UI is *better* than the Windows one, because Apple are better and more creative than Microsoft. It happens; some people and groups are simply better than others. -- Peter
From: T i m on 7 Dec 2009 09:25 On Mon, 7 Dec 2009 13:56:15 +0000, usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk (Woody) wrote: >T i m <news(a)spaced.me.uk> wrote: > >> On Mon, 7 Dec 2009 12:26:16 +0000, peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk (Peter >> Ceresole) wrote: >> >> >T i m <news(a)spaced.me.uk> wrote: >> > >> >> Then we actually started the text chat and I predict I'll be the only >> >> one here who finds the speech bubble - alternate sides / colours >> >> format a bit 'silly' (I think I've since read they can be turned off >> >> but can that be done as a default please)? >> > >> >I hope not; it's by far the clearest visual indication of what's going >> >on. >> >> Not for everyone though. ;-) > >I agree it would be nice as an option. > >> Q, If that concept was so good, why isn't it implemented on more (any >> other?) IM clients? > >You can do it in both trillian and adium if you want, Ah, ok. I installed Trillian yesterday but didn't go any further because it looked like you had to have an Astra account to use it (whatever that is)? I'll try Adium the next time I go into OSX. Cheers, T i m
From: Woody on 7 Dec 2009 09:54 T i m <news(a)spaced.me.uk> wrote: > On Mon, 7 Dec 2009 13:56:15 +0000, usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk (Woody) > wrote: > > >T i m <news(a)spaced.me.uk> wrote: > > > >> On Mon, 7 Dec 2009 12:26:16 +0000, peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk (Peter > >> Ceresole) wrote: > >> > >> >T i m <news(a)spaced.me.uk> wrote: > >> > > >> >> Then we actually started the text chat and I predict I'll be the only > >> >> one here who finds the speech bubble - alternate sides / colours > >> >> format a bit 'silly' (I think I've since read they can be turned off > >> >> but can that be done as a default please)? > >> > > >> >I hope not; it's by far the clearest visual indication of what's going > >> >on. > >> > >> Not for everyone though. ;-) > > > >I agree it would be nice as an option. > > > >> Q, If that concept was so good, why isn't it implemented on more (any > >> other?) IM clients? > > > >You can do it in both trillian and adium if you want, > > Ah, ok. I installed Trillian yesterday but didn't go any further > because it looked like you had to have an Astra account to use it > (whatever that is)? I have no idea. I never had one and used trillian for ages. Just recently I have changed computer and haven't put anything other than the MSN client on there (which I will as without doubt that is the worse IM client I have ever seen!) -- Woody
From: Woody on 7 Dec 2009 09:54
Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: > T i m <news(a)spaced.me.uk> wrote: > > > Q, If that concept was so good, why isn't it implemented on more (any > > other?) IM clients? > > Because the guys that did iChat are *better* at interfaces than the > other guys? > > Which I think is true. In this case, compared to adium, I think they are way off the mark. Adium is much better as an interface than iChat by default. but it also has the advantage of different networks, plus the ability to change your interface to one you prefer. And it has a duck icon, that even Rowland could recognise in a busy dock, rather than iChat which if I remember correctly is yet another blue round thing > Same way that for me the Mac UI is *better* than the Windows one, > because Apple are better and more creative than Microsoft. It happens; > some people and groups are simply better than others. Next you will be saying that safari is better than firefox for the same reason! -- Woody |