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Old 05-19-2007, 01:15 AM
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RC Notification?

ZOMG HAHA I was thinking about this on RC 'cause if someone tries to tel lyou something in RC chat, you're likely not to know until you decide to check or edit something and see it, or if they PM you, so why not have a mini sound system, or the RC window, when minimized, flashes...
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Old 05-19-2007, 01:29 AM
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It'd be blinking and/or making noises most of the time then. That could get quite annoying.
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Old 05-19-2007, 01:29 AM
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I'd say make the button for the playerlist icon in RC have a flashing PM icon on it. The one in the taskbar just is hard to notice. Though I like the suggestion of when minimized, blink(like msn/aim and such do), except, have an option to disable it for mass messages.
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Old 05-19-2007, 01:33 AM
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I'd say make the button for the playerlist icon in RC have a flashing PM icon on it. The one in the taskbar just is hard to notice.
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Well, forget the noises, but atleast have the bar flash, otherwise some people (including me) won't know when :P Or have a flashy OTHER colored PM-like bubble in the taskbar?
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Old 05-19-2007, 01:38 AM
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Have a flashy OTHER colored PM-like bubble in the taskbar?


I like that idea.
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Old 05-19-2007, 03:42 AM
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Could possibly have an option that is automatically disabled by default that plays a selected sound when you get a PM (not mass). :o
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Old 05-19-2007, 03:46 AM
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on IRC, with some clients, if someone mentions your exact nickname in chat it will mark it so that you might notice it more easily - or even make a noise as well as mark it.

I think that's the better option here. An example of such chat might be:

Stefan: Stephen - did you get those graphics done yet?
Stephen: Stefan - Did you finish that pizza yet, slug?
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Old 05-19-2007, 05:33 AM
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And then there was an options tab right.. in which you could put like:

Flash Taskbar on RC Message <- True

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I think all together, these should be the main additions:
The playerlist button on RC should blink when you receive a PM, instead of the RC icon.
The taskbar should blink when you receive a PM, with an option to disable mass messages from doing so, and disable it all together.
Highlight your name on RC chat. The only problem with this is people on Graal don't really have simple names, and I can't think of times anyone says someone's exact name. So I dunno...
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Old 05-19-2007, 06:42 AM
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Make it so you only have to type their partial name, and press a hotkey, like tab or something, to make their full nickname. Since we are getting into mIRC, figured I'd mention that, because Graal is not the only place that houses weird and demented nicknames.


Also, I still think there should be the option to receive PM notification. I'm not sure if you can have different animated icons in the toolbar or what, maybe it would get too confusing. But having the PM bubble show up if you get a PM (not a mass message), make that blink a few times, and if highlighted in RC Chat show something else:

Red Bubble: Highlighted in RC Chat and you have a PM.
Yellow Bubble: Just a PM.
Green Bubble?: Just highlighted in RC Chat.

Or you could just make the icon animated if Highlighted and have the PMs open minimized in the taskbar.



Also, thinking of the Mac users, idk what to do for you... maybe it plays a happy melody if you get highlighted, and shows a picture of a cute puppy dog if you get a PM.
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Old 05-19-2007, 11:07 AM
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Also, thinking of the Mac users, idk what to do for you... maybe it plays a happy melody if you get highlighted, and shows a picture of a cute puppy dog if you get a PM.
I could add highlighting support very easily into the next Scripted RC.
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Old 05-19-2007, 01:20 PM
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Red Bubble: Highlighted in RC Chat and you have a PM.
Yellow Bubble: Just a PM.
Green Bubble?: Just highlighted in RC Chat.
Not sure about everyone else but I would personally find that really annoying - I think the most suitable is a very subtle sound.
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I could add highlighting support very easily into the next Scripted RC.
And for reg RC (I be your test dummy YAY YAY!) keep masses the same, make PMs yellow (like client) andd make RC stuff green (RC IS kinda like being in a guild...).
My ideas rule :]
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Old 05-19-2007, 03:29 PM
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Not everyone keeps their sound on all the time. You can't rely solely on sound effects.
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Old 05-19-2007, 03:38 PM
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Not everyone keeps their sound on all the time. You can't rely solely on sound effects.
I guess there would have to be an panel to control all of these features - which doesn't come as a surprise.
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