tinted editbox during scrollback - 10/11/12 01:57 AM
Hello,
In normal channels, when you scroll up from the most recent message, you can play a sound on every new message, or none. If you want to review the buffer, then the sounds might be frequent, or you'll miss the arrival of messages entirely.
A third option should be available or default, to present a visual indication of whether the buffer is scrolled to the end.
One possibility is to "tint" the editbox of the channel when the buffer is scrolled up. A color could be selected in the "mIRC colors" dialog (Alt-K), or computed algorithmicly based on the normal editbox color.
Other possibilities are an overlay or tinted field on one edge or a 4th color in the switch bar. What are your opinions? Would you be interested in mock-up screenshots of the options I described? Do you know any further possibilities, and do you have screenshots of them?
In normal channels, when you scroll up from the most recent message, you can play a sound on every new message, or none. If you want to review the buffer, then the sounds might be frequent, or you'll miss the arrival of messages entirely.
A third option should be available or default, to present a visual indication of whether the buffer is scrolled to the end.
One possibility is to "tint" the editbox of the channel when the buffer is scrolled up. A color could be selected in the "mIRC colors" dialog (Alt-K), or computed algorithmicly based on the normal editbox color.
Other possibilities are an overlay or tinted field on one edge or a 4th color in the switch bar. What are your opinions? Would you be interested in mock-up screenshots of the options I described? Do you know any further possibilities, and do you have screenshots of them?