Re: Privacy

On 22 Apr 2005, at 17:40, Maciek Niedzielski wrote:
> How about changing rules-edition part into something more "readable":
This is exactly what I thought

> If [group] is [Hidden]
> Then [deny] .....
As is this.

> The 'Custom' edit box is - for me - a bit confusing.
> I guess your idea is to use combo box to choose subscriptions and
> groups, but 'custom' editbox for jids.
> How about making it only a combo box which would be choose-only when
> selecting a subscription type and type-or-choose when it comes to jids
> and groups?
I'm sorry, I'm too tired to be able to read anything longer than a 
couple of words, I just want to make sure I reply to this.

> One more thing: I don't know how it is on MacOS, but I'm not used to
> see '+' and '-' buttons on Windows.
> Honestly, it took me some time to understand what do these +/- buttons
> in the bottom-left corner do.
I understood them, fwiw.

> This leads me to the last (yes, don't worry, it's the last one - I 
> hope) point:
> Most of people will probably use only one privacy list. And the list
> of lists ;) on the left is a bit confusing: it takes much space, but
> at the same time you don't know what does it really mean.
The joy of privacy lists is that you can use multiple lists, I'm very 
keen on this not getting relegated somewhere obscure on account of it 
being an advanced feature or something.

> List of lists at the top, with 'Add' and 'Remove' (instead of +/-) on
> the right, then rules-editor, then - at the very end - default and
> fallback list, one below another.
This could work

> And what about active list? I imagine choosing the active list in the
> same way I choose my status: from a combo button in roster window.
This would be good, I think, yes.

> Also, there could be a combo like this is 'Choose status' dialog. And
> more: if we get advanced status presets (like in Remko's patch), how
> about letting user to assing a privacy list to a status preset?
This could also have travel.

/K
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