[telepathy] [Bug 318660] make height of the input text box configurable

[Alin M Elena]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=318660

--- Comment #3 from Alin M Elena <alinm.elena at gmail.com> ---
the patch offers a freely configurable number of lines.
for 1 line I see
people who do not want to waste space as the box extends anyhow.
people who use small screens.
people who like their input line somehow consistent over different apps
(konversation offers a one line.) and oses...
for 2 lines.
accessibility reason... people who do not like tight input boxes.
the people who want two lines.


as reasons for both are pretty valid and in line with kde philosophy... freedom
(that is to the user not to developer iirc), making this configurable is the
only correct decision. choosing to offer only one looks to me to be a diktat
enforced on users and that without any serious technical issues (took me around
20 minutes to write the patch and I am not known as being a c++/gui programming
guru) to justify such a freedom limiting decision.

furthermore... to counter argument about the usability expert advice. 
I was looking around at some application that I used or use and found out there
is no definitive answer to one line or two lines...
google talk...
desktop app is 1 line
web app is 2 lines 
android app is 1 line
kopete has stretchable to the pleasure of the user.

If google could not decide to unify their design to one or two lines (assuming
that they can afford and got the best experts on the issue) I do not see the
usability expert argument standing.

now to conclude... remember that one year ago was an argument in the community
about 
1 line is good >1 line is bad...
now it seems that the motto is 
1 line is bad 2 lines is good... 
I think all of us know how animal farm finished.

Alin

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