WhackyChat Client To Do List

Bugs?

• What happens when a user logs off, but is included in a chat room?

  • messages should no longer be sent to that user

  • should app notify each window?

Protocol

• n/a

Main Window

• add column to list count of held messages (or just flag)

• better list interface on main window (Table? or tree?)

• Record the geometry of the main window like wcc2.tcl

• windows menu to bring up whatever window is selected

• notification messages when specific users (buddy list) come online

• status change time

  should be able to find out the last time a user changed their status, even if it does not show up in the main window (went offline at some particular time)

• provide a session log window

• DND mode

  actually does not disturb by storing messages somewhere and showing a counter or some other indicator

Help manual

• preference dialog help

Chat windows

• Have separate appearance preferences for self vs. other users.

• save a chat session to a file

• menu bar?

• add user needs to only show online users

• allow marked up text to be entered

  • HTML

  • StructuredText?

Support modules

• preference database needs to be win32 and mac enabled

• file preference type

• preference groups

• apply button on preference dialog

• font spec preference type

  • basic params

    • font

    • size

    • weight

  • advanced params

    • relief

    • foreground

    • background

    • margins

    • border width