Changes between Version 86 and Version 87 of SoCAndBountyIdeas

Timestamp:

Apr 1, 2013, 8:04:03 AM (11 years ago)

Author:

MarkDoliner

Comment:

A few really minor updates. Half grammatical, half content.

SoCAndBountyIdeas

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 == Rewrite chat log backend and frontend ==
-Our current chat log storage and viewer has only limited functionality. A proposal for this project idea should include plans to implement new backend and frontend (both, but backend is more important, because frontend relies on it):
+Our current chat log storage and viewer has only limited functionality. A proposal for this project idea should include plans to implement new backend and frontend (both, but backend is more important because frontend relies on it):
   * New chat log backend features:
-    * use single file (or anything less than thousands of files like now), like SQLite database
-    * allow marking messages as unread, so they could be re-opened after Pidgin's restart, until user actually reads it
+    * use single file (or anything less than one-file-per-conversation), like SQLite database
+    * flag messages as unread until the user actually reads it, so unread messages can be re-opened after Pidgin restarts
     * conversation context
-    * inline images (and custom emoticons maybe?) storage
-    * import from old chat log formats
+    * inline image (and custom emoticon maybe?) storage
+    * backward compatibility with old log format (possible one-time migration from old log format to new log format)
     * (optional) remote log storage support
   * Brand new frontend (chat log viewer - note, that it's pointless to do it without backend upgrade):
     * browsing by meta-contacts - tree view, like in buddy list
-    * responsiveness while searching, maybe some progress bar
+    * sorting by name, last message date, conversation frequency, amount of exchanged messages
+    * search capability (with UI remaining responsive, possibly with a progress bar displayed)
     * (optional) typing name in search box could do real-time contacts filtering, like in buddy list
-    * sorting by name, last message date, conversation frequency, amount of exchanged messages
     * (optional) fuzzy search option
     * (optional) showing new messages in real time
-    * (optional) manual import/export for old formats (note, that import from old format should be anyway done automatically on first run)
+    * (optional) manual import/export for old formats
 Here are two mockups: [http://i.imgur.com/XczYG.png like a current one] [http://i.imgur.com/dTFtV.png better one].
 
@@ -76 +76 @@
 == Emoticon cache ==
 (Note: There is some concern that this project is not large enough to justify an entire project.)
+
 Currently Pidgin does nothing with received emoticons.  It could save a lot of bandwidth if a cache of received emoticons existed.  It could also be merged with local custom smileys so we have a unified way to manage these files.  The cache can be done per session, per conversation, per account, or as a global permanent cache (just as buddy icons).  The preferred method is a permanent cache so emoticons could be fetched only once.
 
@@ -108 +109 @@
  * Implement Language auto-selection (via browser "Accept-Language" header)
  * Use statically generated pages to avoid unnecessary server load and overhead (in other words, avoid pulling in the strings every time the page loads; only when they need to be regenerated)
- * Make use of existing technology such as gettext or similar web projects to allow translators to submit translations easily
+ * Make use of existing technology such as gettext or and Transifex to allow translators to submit translations easily
  * Find a way to generate a translation template, identify or tag strings within pages. 
  * Consider ways to provide translated versions of images and screen shots