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List:       kopete-devel
Subject:    Re: [kopete-devel] For review: Identity usability work and
From:       Gustavo Pichorim Boiko <gustavo.boiko () kdemail ! net>
Date:       2007-10-23 16:18:52
Message-ID: 200710231418.52581.gustavo.boiko () kdemail ! net
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Em Saturday 20 October 2007 04:48:41 Will Stephenson escreveu:
> Hi
>
> Some usability changes around identities, and related minor libkopete
> refactoring:
>
> * change identityId -> id for clarity
> * use immutable id as internal handle
> * introduce user editable Label field for use in UI - these 2 changes allow
> the user more control and insulate the user from the implementation
> * use pointer based default identity
>
> * replace dialog for selecting what the new identity will be based on with
> two buttons in the main accountconfig widget - Add Identity and Copy
> Identity (KMail will make this change too)
> * adapt dbus interface to use ids, provide mapping method for id->label
>
> There is no config upgrade script for the previous impl so expect your
> existing identities to be without labels on first run!

Fine with me. And many thanks for this work.

I guess now the step of removing the account user info dialogs will have to 
wait for the freeze to end, so I'll try to do some bugfixing on the identity 
stuff (and kopete in general). 

Cheers
-- 
Gustavo Pichorim Boiko
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