Debian Bug report logs - #308376
xchat: server dialog: unfriendly "connect" behavior

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Lars Wirzenius <liw@iki.fi>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: xchat: server dialog: unfriendly "connect" behavior

Date: Mon, 09 May 2005 23:16:47 +0300

Package: xchat
Version: 2.4.3-0.1
Severity: normal

In the server dialog (ctrl-s) there are two connect buttons: "connect"
and "connect in new tab". The former is easy to hit by mistake, and it
kills the current connection without asking for confirmation. This is a
usability problem. It would be better to have just "connect in new tab".
If the old tab needs to go away, one can always close it afterwards. If
the "connect in same tab" behavior is really needed, I think it would be
better to have a checkbox "Connect in same tab" (defaulting to false)
plus a "Connect" button. This makes connecting in the same tab possible,
but just a little bit more difficult to do, which should reduce mistakes
but not make such a rare operation particularly difficult, either.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.10-1-686
Locale: LANG=fi_FI.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fi_FI.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages xchat depends on:
ii  libatk1.0-0          1.8.0-4             The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libc6                2.3.2.ds1-21        GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libglib2.0-0         2.6.4-1             The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgtk2.0-0          2.6.4-1             The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libpango1.0-0        1.8.1-1             Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libperl5.8           5.8.4-8             Shared Perl library
ii  libssl0.9.7          0.9.7e-3            SSL shared libraries
ii  libx11-6             4.3.0.dfsg.1-12.0.1 X Window System protocol client li
ii  python2.3            2.3.5-3             An interactive high-level object-o
ii  tcl8.4               8.4.9-1             Tcl (the Tool Command Language) v8
ii  xchat-common         2.4.3-0.1           Common files for X-Chat
ii  xlibs                4.3.0.dfsg.1-12     X Keyboard Extension (XKB) configu

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Message #14 received at 308376-done@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Paul Wise <pabs3@bonedaddy.net>

To: 272234-done@bugs.debian.org, 321630-done@bugs.debian.org, 321637-done@bugs.debian.org, 308376-done@bugs.debian.org, 222836-done@bugs.debian.org, 294205-done@bugs.debian.org

Subject: xchat: 2.1.6 fixed several bugs

Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 15:24:02 +0800

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Version: 2.1.6-1

Upstream version 2.1.6 fixed these bugs and it has recently been
uploaded.

-- 
bye,
pabs

http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise

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