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Ugly message layout on E71

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23-01-2009 22:40

In contrary to the screenshots, the message layout on the E71 is quite ugly (just a white background).

This should be at least be set to the default layout (like it is in the IMPS-chat application that is included in the device).

Thanks.

Comments

Submitted by kristian on 24-01-2009 20:57.

Yes, the message layout unfortunately in the S60 3rd Ed FP1 (e.g. E71) products is uglier than in the S60 3rd Ed FP2 procucts (from which the screenshots have been taken).

Thanks for the comment though.

-Kristian

Submitted by handschuh on 24-01-2009 21:17.

Are there plans on changing that (a bit)?

Submitted by diane on 24-01-2009 21:16.

I actually prefer the minimal layout on the E71--it leaves room for more text.

I don't suppose the text window you're using is basically a web browser that could then be themed using CSS? (Like adium for instance), if that could be done with a minimum of additional code bloat that might make more people happy.

Submitted by kristian on 25-01-2009 17:58.

@diane: This is kind of what we do in the S60 3rd Ed FP2 client. We've considered back-porting this to earlier devices platforms, but at the moment it seems a bit too much of effort for our tiny team.

@handschuh: Not at the moment, but that may change. What would you like it to be like?

Submitted by handschuh on 25-01-2009 19:21.

@kristian:
Wow, I didn't expect to make any suggestions.

Here is one: I truly like the layout of the internal FP1 IMPS chat client. As it is also a symbian product, you may be able to get the sourcecode from one of your colleagues. It is very clean and does not waste much space so it would be satisfy diane too, I think. (If I could, I would attach a screenshot here)

Submitted by kristian on 27-01-2009 23:25.

Ok, I'll have a look. Thanks for the hint.

-Kristian