Re: [Ekiga-devel-list] Call history

[Julien Puydt <jpuydt free fr>]

Damien Sandras a écrit :
> Le samedi 29 mars 2008 à 10:53 +0100, Julien Puydt a écrit :
>
> > > > > 5- the call duration is not accessible (it is not accessible with a
> > > > > cellphone either, but I think it is a needed feature)
> > > > Indeed ; the question is : how to present it to the user.
> > > A additional column in the GtkTreeView ?
> > Well, again : the book view only shows names, voip uris and a list of 
> > phone numbers, of which only the first is really interesting for the user.
> >
> > The current contacts in svn have two interesting features for the user : 
> > the name and the groups. Perhaps it would be good to add something more 
> > (I don't know how to call it), so we can show more than the name in the 
> > view.
> >
> > Either that, or write a more complete view specific for the history books?
>
> Perhaps yes. The window is named "Find contacts", it is supposed to find
> contacts using various possible sources. It should not give many details
> (even though it should be more complete than what it is currently).
>
> I propose to implement a specific view more suited for a call history,
> and placed in the main_notebook.

Fine for me!

> > > > > 6- when doing a refresh, the refresh never ends, you have to kill ekiga
> > > > A refresh!? What are you talking about?
> > > The refresh button...
> > Which refresh button? I haven't the slightest idea what you're talking 
> > about : call history has no such thing.
>
> I see a big "Rechercher" button, next to "Search filter:" in the view.
>
> Do you want a screenshot or do you see what I mean ?

Well, I guess sending me to find a "search"/"rechercher" button instead 
of "refresh" would have helped :-/

Looking at the code, I don't see why searching would do anything for the 
call history : the methods just have dummy implementations! :-(

Snark