FordP929 Posted October 4, 2005 Report Share Posted October 4, 2005 I think it would be sweet to show torrent status via colored text in addition to the icons. This behaviour occurs in Bittornado varients. This was suggested before but the idea was to highlight the text rather than make the text colored which is too flashy in my opinion.i think it should be better if the whole line was colored in different color depends on what it is. like this pictureor maybe the text is other color, and white background ie.: Green text = torrent working correctly (downloading or seeding)Red text = torrent has no connectionsGray text = Can't connect to trackerYellow text = torrent being firewalled (no incoming connections)Blue text = no complete copies availableBlack text = torrent in que and not active Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jibegod Posted October 4, 2005 Report Share Posted October 4, 2005 Switching from ABC to µTorrent, I would infinitely prefer the text to be colored instead of the background. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kebabi Posted October 4, 2005 Report Share Posted October 4, 2005 If you ever add this feature, make it optional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaosblade Posted October 4, 2005 Report Share Posted October 4, 2005 I support the latter suggestion, If making this change - change the text color rather then the background. Too flashy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teloriun Posted October 4, 2005 Report Share Posted October 4, 2005 Aaargh, my eyes!Nah, on a serious note.... I have to agree with the other bods, different coloured txt would be for easier on the eyes than the background colours being changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sputnik Posted October 4, 2005 Report Share Posted October 4, 2005 MY EYES! THE GOGGLES DO NOTHING!no way hose! this would look horrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FordP929 Posted October 5, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2005 I also think the picture that I qouted is too flashy. I just wanted to see if the dev's could mimic this informative Bittornado (and varients including ABC) feature. I posted this in the features department but a forum admin moved it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gabo03 Posted October 6, 2005 Report Share Posted October 6, 2005 I dont like the background colors, just the letter can be colored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikademus Posted October 6, 2005 Report Share Posted October 6, 2005 As for coloured text, and coloured backgrounds, both are good ideas that appeal to different people, and could be simple tickbox-options in the settings.Torrent status:[ ] Colour text[ ] Colour text background Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FordP929 Posted October 17, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2005 As to better illustrate my point. I've made a mock up for those without imagination.Tell me what you think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oxymoron Posted October 17, 2005 Report Share Posted October 17, 2005 Honestly?Too much color for my liking.It just does'nt _feel_ right. IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodStaindHurricane Posted October 17, 2005 Report Share Posted October 17, 2005 Too much color for me too. I can easily tell whats going on with my torrents by a quick glance at the icons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sensory Posted October 17, 2005 Report Share Posted October 17, 2005 If you ever add this feature, make it optional.Absolutely.. this looks god-awful.Even the coloured text.. yuck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teloriun Posted October 17, 2005 Report Share Posted October 17, 2005 As to better illustrate my point. I've made a mock up for those without imagination.Tell me what you think.[I like the colours as i was an avid ABC user so they are second nature to me. (green could be a teensy bit darker though) :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScubaSteve Posted October 17, 2005 Report Share Posted October 17, 2005 not liking that in the slightest im afraid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sal Posted October 17, 2005 Report Share Posted October 17, 2005 not liking that in the slightest im afraid.Me neither, I'm in the strictly-status-icon camp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat Posted October 23, 2005 Report Share Posted October 23, 2005 maybe it would be ok, if it is barely noticable... more towards black... try that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huck Posted October 23, 2005 Report Share Posted October 23, 2005 Here are two examples:1. Colored rows2. Grayed rows (Azureus like)I'd prefer the 2nd variant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaosblade Posted October 23, 2005 Report Share Posted October 23, 2005 I really dislike grid lines, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FordP929 Posted October 23, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2005 I really dislike grid lines, though.I'd have to agree I really hate grid lines myself. It reminds of being stuck in a cubicle adding data to an Excel spreadsheet. Due to the varied feelings about what this should look like. Either this feature should be part of a skinning feature (which I think is uneccessary) Or just ignored.Ah well, it was worth a shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightshifted Posted December 8, 2005 Report Share Posted December 8, 2005 Is there a listing somewhere of what the shapes and colors mean? For example, does blue in µTorrent mean what it does in BitTornado (no full distributed copy) or what it does in Azureus (something like tracker unavailable but I've never really known)? And while I understand the triangles and the No Entry sign, what are the clock [full copy to seed with, but queued?] and the checkmark [no idea about that one]? Are there other shapes (let alone colors besides blue, yellow, and green) in use by µTorrent?Just my luck that this has is somewhere in the FAQ and I keep missing it every time I reread it.Thanks for any assistance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted December 8, 2005 Report Share Posted December 8, 2005 you know, I haven't actually listed all the icons in the faq, not sure why I just thought they're all self-explanatory, except the no entry one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightshifted Posted December 9, 2005 Report Share Posted December 9, 2005 The clock and the checkmark are not self-explanatory; at least, they're not explaining themselves to me. Nor am I sure which meaning of blue µTorrent users; I'm guessing Azureus's, as my triangle is blue when I join a new torrent, and the number of distributed copies is shown elsewhere, so blue as BitTornado uses it would be redundant.So if you do put that into the FAQ, Firon (I had not noticed the "created by Firon" credit at the top), or if you just post it here, that would be greatly appreciated.The pitfall of things that are self-explanatory, you see, is that every self has a different explanation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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