Couple thoughts on Witty interface
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poetr1x
Mar 31, 2009, 8:48:44 PM3/31/09
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Hi all. I just started using Witty a few days ago and I'm really
liking it. I gave it a try based on its having all the features I
wanted and the screenshots looking like it would be smooth to use, &
am happy on both counts. A couple differences that would make me even
happier, though others' mileage may, of course, vary --
* popups are HUGE imo. I run my monitors at resolutions that make
other peoples' eyes hurt and Witty's popups still take up a lot of
real estate. Lots of whitespace in the format that could be trimmed
to make popups less obtrusive.
* on my computers, both running Vista Business Ed., clicking the X in
the corner of a popup doesn't necessarily close it -- I have to click
in the lower half of the X, or else it just focuses the Witty window.
Something isn't quite lining up there.
* clicking a URL in a tweet opens the link in my current browser
window/tab. I'd much prefer links to open in a new tab.
* very minor, but it'd be nice to be able to select colors for
regular messages vs. @ replies, or even to select colors for messages
from different people. I could make my actual friends one color, the
news-type feeds I read another, and the famous people whose Twitters I
read a third, for example. Or I could make my boring friends one
color and my more fun friends another. Heh.
* would LOVE a hotkey to activate the window, a la Trillian's ctrl
+shift+A. I'm anti-mouse. (One of the things I immediately loved
about Witty was its usability by keyboard.)
Plenty of people may like things another way. I'm not any kind of
programmer, but I think these ought to be customization features that
could be added without a significant increase in resource usage. I
think.
best, & thanks for developing this great little app,
Victoria
liking it. I gave it a try based on its having all the features I
wanted and the screenshots looking like it would be smooth to use, &
am happy on both counts. A couple differences that would make me even
happier, though others' mileage may, of course, vary --
* popups are HUGE imo. I run my monitors at resolutions that make
other peoples' eyes hurt and Witty's popups still take up a lot of
real estate. Lots of whitespace in the format that could be trimmed
to make popups less obtrusive.
* on my computers, both running Vista Business Ed., clicking the X in
the corner of a popup doesn't necessarily close it -- I have to click
in the lower half of the X, or else it just focuses the Witty window.
Something isn't quite lining up there.
* clicking a URL in a tweet opens the link in my current browser
window/tab. I'd much prefer links to open in a new tab.
* very minor, but it'd be nice to be able to select colors for
regular messages vs. @ replies, or even to select colors for messages
from different people. I could make my actual friends one color, the
news-type feeds I read another, and the famous people whose Twitters I
read a third, for example. Or I could make my boring friends one
color and my more fun friends another. Heh.
* would LOVE a hotkey to activate the window, a la Trillian's ctrl
+shift+A. I'm anti-mouse. (One of the things I immediately loved
about Witty was its usability by keyboard.)
Plenty of people may like things another way. I'm not any kind of
programmer, but I think these ought to be customization features that
could be added without a significant increase in resource usage. I
think.
best, & thanks for developing this great little app,
Victoria
Keith Elder
Apr 1, 2009, 8:32:03 AM4/1/09
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Hi Victoria,
Thanks for taking the time to submit that feedback. We'll definitely take your comments and see what we can do.
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Keith Elder
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Thanks for taking the time to submit that feedback. We'll definitely take your comments and see what we can do.
--
Keith Elder
Microsoft MVP
INETA Speaker
Mobile: 601.467.9744
Blog: http://keithelder.net/blog/
Podcast: http://deepfriedbytes.com/
Podcast Feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/deepfriedbytes
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