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The KVIrc IRC Client
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New server info status bar applet text is way too verbose #1988

Closed wodim closed 8 years ago

wodim commented 8 years ago

Before it was

[irc.server.com] nick (+kek)

Now

Using server: irc.server.com - Modes for you: +kek

The new text is way too verbose. It reads like a tooltip. I think it's inappropriate.

staticfox commented 8 years ago

The old way also included the user modes as well

wodim commented 8 years ago

Yeah my bad. Doesn't change the point of it though

un1versal commented 8 years ago

all that was added was labels, Using server: someserver and and Modes for: nick

which if theres no modes set it will only show nick which wasnt even possible before.

The labels tie to all other entries making it consistent throughout these similar type info blurts

wodim commented 8 years ago

I see your point but I think the wording is not appropriate for such a UI element. It reads like a tooltip, which it is not.

un1versal commented 8 years ago

The rationale behind this was party because we already had status labels for various other activities, like connecting, logging in etc... so it showed server name: - logging in and other labels.

Also assuming you add other applets this ties in better with those which also have labels.

The only difference is here we cant turn this "applet" off afaik.

it seems more well rounded this way, because its something new it may seem more intrusive change. lets see how many people dislike it and for what reasons.

un1versal commented 8 years ago

Here is a suggestion... I look at a few different softwares and all have some sort of labels here.

So I could have a go at doing:

[username +ugit] on server.name.blah