[JDEV] artwork/UI

[Thomas D. Charron]

  Jer, I'm disappointed..  The list server hasn't implemented an autothwack system yet.. ;-P

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Thomas Charron

On Tue, 20 Jul 1999 14:17:27   Mansell, Brian wrote:
>You're right... I thought of it on the basis of having 40k/ a piece jpgs
>being transfered.. of course that would be unrealistic. Yeah, certainly the
>smaller image size would work. Also it can be used to implement a <yikes!>
>banner advertising system... (SORRY I HAD TO MENTION IT!)
>
>
>heh... 
>
>brian e. mansell
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Thomas D. Charron [mailto:tcharron at my-deja.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 1999 12:59 PM
>To: jdev at jabber.org
>Subject: RE: [JDEV] artwork/UI
>
>
>  Not really..  For example, this is an XPM of an open book:
>
>my @book_open_xpm = (
>"16 16 4 1",
>"       c None s None",
>".      c black",
>"X      c #808080",
>"o      c white",
>"                ",
>"  ..            ",
>" .Xo.    ...    ",
>" .Xoo. ..oo.    ",
>" .Xooo.Xooo...  ",
>" .Xooo.oooo.X.  ",
>" .Xooo.Xooo.X.  ",
>" .Xooo.oooo.X.  ",
>" .Xooo.Xooo.X.  ",
>" .Xooo.oooo.X.  ",
>"  .Xoo.Xoo..X.  ",
>"   .Xo.o..ooX.  ",
>"    .X..XXXXX.  ",
>"    ..X.......  ",
>"     ..         ",
>"                ");
>
>  You'd only need like 5 icons max, and they would only be downloaded as
>requested (Aka, NOT ever time, only when needed, once per client, really).
>Icons are not more then 256 bytes, really, so 5 = little more then 1k, it
>would take ALL 2000 client requesting all 5 icons to saturate a T1 line for
>a second and a half.. ;-P  Normal usage, lesse 100 users simo login and
>request, leading to 200k in bandwidth for a moment..
>
>  Anyway, I digress..  The point I'm making is it would NOT be as bad as you
>would think..  ;-P
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>Thomas Charron
>
>On Tue, 20 Jul 1999 11:19:04   Mansell, Brian wrote:
>>I think it may create a bog on the bandwidth by keeping icons on the
>server.
>>With every 'client update' that will slow it down quite a bit... especially
>>if jabber ends up becoming highly popular (2000+ simultaneous connections).
>>
>>brian e. mansell
>>CIS Help Desk -  Seattle Pacific University
>>E-Mail - bmansell at spu.edu
>>HomePage - http://www.spu.edu/~bmansell/
>>Office  |206| 281-2982 Personal Fax |603|452-7014 
>>Seattle, Washington 98119 USA, Earth
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Thomas D. Charron [mailto:tcharron at my-deja.com]
>>Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 1999 10:41 AM
>>To: jdev at jabber.org
>>Subject: Re: [JDEV] artwork/UI
>>
>>
>>  I DO like the Logo statement, but I think we need to have a working
>system
>>that can be used for a minumal depoyment before a logo..
>>
>>  I would also support the idea of a way to store icons on server, and
>allow
>>them to be transfered between clients..  Aka, when I'm in a browser client,
>>I have the SAME icons, but that capability is a bit of a ways away..
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>>Thomas Charron
>>
>>On Tue, 20 Jul 1999 11:02:44   Sean McCullough wrote:
>>>How would you feel about using a standard set of icons
>>>for things like users, groups, IMs across all graphical clients?  I'm
>>>not suggesting they be required, but it
>>>would a) make implementing a new client easier and b)
>>>give Jabber a stronger identity for the non-programmer users.  I know
>>>it's a client UI implementation issue and therefore out of the scope of
>>>the Jabber specs but
>>>like I said, it would just be a set of icons that implementors are free
>>>to use if they so desire.
>>>
>>>I don't know if AIM/YAHOO/ICQ would get their undergarments in a knot
>>>about Jabber clients ripping
>>>icons from their clients, but I personally don't think
>>>those UIs are worth ripping off.  The Jabber team could come up with
>>>better ones.
>>>
>>>Another related issue is a logo.  Gnome = foot, Linux = penguin, BSD =
>>>devil, Apache = feather - It's not just an issue for commercial
>>>products to address.  What would a "Jabber Now" link button look like? 
>>>ICQ's has that flower on it.  I think the other buddy lists have them
>>>too.
>>>
>>>Sorry if the marketing questions make you ill.  Now I need to go write
>>>some code, repent for my sins.
>>>
>>>-Sean McCullough
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