[jdev] Open src implemention of Jabber Client, which is best?

[Sander Devrieze]

Op donderdag 24 november 2005 19:05, schreef Pieter Barrezeele:
> On 23 Nov 2005, at 10:38 PM, Sander Devrieze wrote:
> > Op woensdag 23 november 2005 13:37, schreef Pieter Barrezeele:
> > <snip>
> >
> >>> Look at Coccinella cvs ( http://hem.fyristorg.com/matben/ ). Yes,
> >>> it is only a
> >>> matter of time until Coccinella will replace Psi as the default
> >>> Jabber
> >>> client :-p (I hope ;-) ).
> >>
> >> Ugh, once more we are confronted with the ugliness of some Linux UI
> >> toolkits.
> >> Jabber-wise you can dismiss this post as a rant, but with an
> >> interface like this, you'll never get to warm up people for this
> >> particular software, no matter how many features it has...
> >
> > Did you actually tried a *recent* version of Coccinella (latest or
> > cvs)? Or
> > did you just looked at the *outdated* screenshots on the website?
> > Is this
> > ugly?: http://sander.dontexist.org/coccinella.png
>
> I admit I kind of trusted the website for having a decent as well as
> recent screenshot on as much as it entry pages...
>
> The screenshot you posted looks a _lot_ better and should I have seen
> that instead of the one on the coccinella website, I probably
> wouldn't have bothered ranting about it... :-)

Yes, indeed.

> But now that we're at it:
<snip>
> - about coccinella (and more specifically the screenshot you
> posted ;)): just noting that I don't get why the font in your
> groupchat is at least 2 points smaller than the font in the users
> list for that groupchat ?

I didn't noticed that. Maybe it is like this to be able to show more lines on 
one screen while making it not difficult to click on a user in the users 
list?

> - And why do these icons have to be that large ?

The icons at the top?

> - Also, looking at the left-most edge of the chatroom window... Why
> does that has to be in two levels of depth? A lot of current Linux UI
> themes suffer a lot of what I would call 'ballast'. In my very humble
> opinion, this interferes too much with the user experience...

CCed to the developer! :-)

> Anyway, I realize this all has little or nothing to do with jabber
> development, but sometimes it's hard to draw the lines between client
> issues and user interface issues... :)

No, this *has* something to do with Jabber development; constructive Jabber 
client feedback is always welcome! :-)

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