List auto-sizing

Francesco francesco.nwokeka at gmail.com
Thu Sep 1 07:32:33 UTC 2011


On Thursday 01 September 2011 09:18:07 Martin Klapetek wrote:
> 2011/9/1 karan pratap singh <wizard.karan at gmail.com>
> 
> > 2011/9/1 Martin Klapetek <martin.klapetek at gmail.com>
> > 
> >> Hey list,
> >> 
> >> I've been getting quite a few requests for list autosizing, but I'm
> >> not
> >> sure what that actually is. Does it mean that the list changes its
> >> height when a contact connects/disconnects?
> > 
> > +1, it means that the list height depends on the number of online
> > contacts!> 
> > :)
> 
> I see....but I see this as a very limiting, if not annoying. What happens
> when you have all contacts collapsed in groups and you expand a group with
> 50 people, does the window go crazy about the height (limited by screen of
> course)? And then collapses back once you collapse the group? I personally
> don't like that.
Neither do I. I find it a useless feature. Why have a contactlist fill your 
screen when looking for a contact? For that there's the search bar or the 
division by groups.

Francesco

> 
> >> --
> >> Marty K.



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