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Software News : SabreMSN 0.73 with a new look
Posted by jahc on 2010/7/14 8:22:43 (1711 reads) News by the same author
Software News

2010-07-14: v0.73
- Contacts list has been redone, with scaled avatars beside peoples names
- Multiline chat field, control + Enter to do a line break without sending the message
- Timestamped messages in the chat display telling you when someone has gone offline/online
- Tabs open in the background when you already have one open now
- Avatars can be scaled now
- New Settings window, with tabbed display. Takes up much less screen space




This version tries to introduce an Empathy or Emesene style contact list, with scaled avatars
next to peoples names. Also, their personal message or music is now shown underneath the persons
name, so those details are visible on skinnier windows.

The default "no avatar" image has been replaced with something better.

The Settings window has been redone with a tabbed style display. Saves screen space. Especially
when you're not running 1920x1080 24" monitors like me. :P

The all in one style interface (with the contacts and chat windows combined) has been removed, due
to not being able to test all 3 possible settings thoroughly.. and the hassle of maintaining
three seperate GUI modes. So now we have a tabbed mode, and a windowed mode. Keeps things simple
I think.

Theres a few annoyances left in this release. The display pictures in already opened chat
windows are not re-scaled when you change the scaling prefs (but they are updated properly when
using chat tabs). And also, if you have a line of text, and the cursor is positioned in the middle
of your text, when you hit enter, the program doesnt catch the Enter keypress before the message
is sent and the message gets a newline inserted there (effectively getting split into two lines).
I will correct these hopefully minor issues in the next release.. but this has been getting
tweaked for too long, so I wanted to get something new out the door.

Thank you to the usual suspects for helping me out again. :)


jahcSoft Homepage: http://wookiechat.amigarevolution.com/
(Please no direct links to the SabreMSN section. It doesnt load the navbar at the top otherwise)

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Kicko
Published: 2010/7/14 14:23  Updated: 2010/7/14 14:23
Just can't stay away
Joined: 10/25/2007
From: Gothenburg / Sweden
Comments: 1175
 Re: SabreMSN 0.73 with a new look
Thanks for this release. It rocks my socks off :) First i was against all this avatar in main window but with scalefunktion its really good looking. Better then i thought. All i can say SabreMSN looks and feels great.

Jahc and Mick: Keep up the good work :)
Daniel
Published: 2010/7/14 18:38  Updated: 2010/7/14 18:38
Just popping in
Joined: 06/01/2010
From: United Kingdom
Comments: 228
 Re: SabreMSN 0.73 with a new look
Good stuff .
fingus
Published: 2010/7/15 15:54  Updated: 2010/7/15 15:54
Just popping in
Joined: 03/16/2009
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Comments: 140
 Re: SabreMSN 0.73 with a new look
very good!

Please implement URL-Forwaring (like OpenURL, to open http-links with OWB..etc).

i would be much appreciated
samo79
Published: 2010/7/18 8:06  Updated: 2010/7/18 8:06
Home away from home
Joined: 12/02/2006
From: Italy, Perugia
Comments: 3845
 Re: SabreMSN 0.73 with a new look
The new GUI is excellent
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