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Isorath
Terra Incognita
#1 - 2013-05-10 06:41:09 UTC
Posted this idea several years ago, but i do feel like doing so again because I believe it deserves another look. Basically I want the ability to drag chat window tabs up and down as well as to the left and right of current tabs, thus making it easier to accommodate my many chat windows given a low amount of screen real estate. The result would be tabs that look: like this, with several "layers" of chat tabs. The same could be done to other windows types as well, but my priority is chat windows since once you pass 20 or so chats you really don't have much space left for other things.
Oberine Noriepa
#2 - 2013-05-10 06:42:56 UTC
This is a good idea.

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Schmata Bastanold
In Boobiez We Trust
#3 - 2013-05-10 07:03:38 UTC
+1

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Kazuo Saitama
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#4 - 2013-05-11 18:24:01 UTC
+1
Oberine Noriepa
#5 - 2013-05-12 16:23:17 UTC
This could use some more exposure.

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gawrshmapooo
J33 Monocombine
#6 - 2013-05-12 16:26:19 UTC
I like it!

I like it so much that you should also be able to nest anything under anything (I seriously will never have enough space for all my windows.)

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+1

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Ruze
Next Stage Initiative
#7 - 2013-05-12 16:45:49 UTC
Also, semi related, allow us to align the chat tabs along the bottom, and auto-fade older text. And to dock the chat window to the edge of the screen and auot-hide.

Simple functionality improvements that give hundreds of more ui choice options.

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Sawyar Katelo
Kladdkaka Incorporated
Brotherhood of Spacers
#8 - 2013-05-15 21:03:39 UTC
+1
DeLindsay
Galaxies Fall
#9 - 2013-05-15 22:10:03 UTC
+1

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Marit Adun
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#10 - 2013-05-16 00:46:54 UTC
+1

Would also potentially be cool to have multiple chats active in one window via columns so you can more cleanly read multiple chats at once without the need for too many windows.
Ruze
Next Stage Initiative
#11 - 2013-05-16 01:09:38 UTC
Honestly, you know what chat feature I want the most?

Whisper. Tell. Whatever you want to call it. A simple slash command that sends a private communication directly to the other user.

For those coming from other games, the concept of opening a hundred windows to have private conversations with friends is a pain.

If you're driven to threaten others with harm or violence because of what they do in game, you can't separate fantasy from reality. That "griefer/thief" is probably more sane than you are. How screwed up is that?
Zanzbar
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#12 - 2013-05-17 03:07:12 UTC
+1 as i already try and do this by hiding a window full of intel chanels slightly above and behind my main chats
Ruze
Next Stage Initiative
#13 - 2013-05-17 03:15:03 UTC
As another poster suggested, allowing corporate communications managers to broadcast alerts and short messages like regular log entries, centered and color coded on the screen, would also be a great addition to communication functionality.

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Luc Chastot
#14 - 2013-05-17 03:50:05 UTC
Such a simple fix.

Make it idiot-proof and someone will make a better idiot.

Baldric Drescher
Terra Incognita
#15 - 2013-05-21 04:55:43 UTC
+1
Sable Moran
Moran Light Industries
#16 - 2013-05-21 07:14:55 UTC
This would be useful so.. +1

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Orocobix
Terra Incognita
#17 - 2013-06-10 05:38:47 UTC
+1
Siobhan MacLeary
Doomheim
#18 - 2013-06-10 06:05:24 UTC
Ruze wrote:
As another poster suggested, allowing corporate communications managers to broadcast alerts and short messages like regular log entries, centered and color coded on the screen, would also be a great addition to communication functionality.


+1 to this and OP.

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Maximus Aerelius
PROPHET OF ENIGMA
#19 - 2013-06-10 07:36:56 UTC
How have I not seen this before? +1.

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