[Psi-devel] Customizable Roster Items (#167, #157)

[Mircea Bardac (IceRAM)]

On Sun, 2004-08-22 at 11:52, Remko Troncon wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I think tackling the 'Customizable Roster Items (#167, #157)' should get a 
> very high priority. Having to assign nicknames to all contacts is one of the 
> main reasons why people really don't like Psi. Skazi has a patch for this 
> which i assume implements the technicalities of this, but i would like to
> discuss the matter from a higher viewpoint: what fields will be allowed, 
> how to represent fields, how will the options dialog look like, what the
> defaults should be, ... 
> 
> I'll give my thoughts on 2 approaches on this: the customizable
> approach, and the 'easier' approach.
> 
> Customizable:
> - All fields are denoted with '%' signs. This seems to be the most
>   commonly used field representation.
If you choose this approach, please consider the extensibility of the
attributes. This means that I think that it would be better for the
fields to be used like class properties.
Example:
using the nickname from the VCard: User.VCard.Nick
using the status string of the user: User.Status.Text
(it would also need a % at the end, because you can't parse it
otherwise.)

It is indeed longer but provides unlimited extensibility. Besides this,
it's easier to remember than some letters.

Please consider having a look over this thread I've started a long time
ago, because I also though that should be somehow highpriority.
http://psi.affinix.com/forums/index.php?act=ST&f=4&t=662

> Either this, or a non-customizable, sensible, maybe with a checkbox or
> 2, setup. This actually is the way most clients do it i think. I would
> make this look like this [...]
Of course, this is easier to implement and it does provide enough
versatility when it comes to roster names for the average user.

If you consider plugins though, a nice framework for user properties (&
for Psi options) could be nice.

You can check on this matter FlySpray Task #215 (common.* must die)
which sugests using CVS:/neatstuff/options for the settings.
http://psi.affinix.com/flyspray/index.php?do=details&id=215&

This way, you could have userspace properties (name,jid, vcard-subclass)
and program userspace (all options here). I think they could easily be
binded to the plugin (scripting) engine.

These are my 2 euro-cents (or 880 lei - Romanian currency) :p

Mircea
/IceRAM

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