I think making the default completely transparent makes sense. Then users can change from there as needed.
Dan On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 3:57 AM, George Kirkham <gkirk...@co2crc.com.au>wrote: > Sebastian,**** > > ** ** > > Storing these settings in a cookie would be a nice touch but if it means > extra work, let’s make it as easy as possible. **** > > ** ** > > One issue for using cookies is that if you use different PCs then you have > to remember to make the setting again. The Cookie would certainly help with > people who like to use a favourite colour.**** > > ** ** > > For me, simply having the default for fill to be turned off would be great > as I don’t use the fill at all. If you were going to use fill, turning it > on and selecting the colour you want should not be that much of an issue?* > *** > > ** ** > > Just to ask, do you use the fill colour much? If people do, then having > the cookies would be a great bonus. I guess I never actually create images > on the white board, just draw on an uploaded slides or documents. **** > > ** ** > > Thanks,**** > > ** ** > > George Kirkham**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > *From:* seba.wag...@gmail.com [mailto:seba.wag...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Friday, 11 May 2012 4:59 PM > *To:* openmeetings-user@incubator.apache.org > *Subject:* Re: Request for improvement - Square and Ellipse default to no > fill colour**** > > ** ** > > Hi George, > > I would propose to store settings like: Default fill color, default line > color, default transparency and default line size in the user profile or > cookie data. That way the default settings are just like the ones you have > choosen the last time. > > Sebastian**** > > 2012/5/11 George Kirkham <gkirk...@co2crc.com.au>**** > > Hi,**** > > **** > > I would like to know your views on having the Square and Ellipse tools > default to “no fill colour”.**** > > **** > > I find that myself and others want to circle words or images in > presentations, and keep forgetting to turn off the fill colour. Since I > have never bothered to use the fill colour, my suggestion is to have the > fill colour turned off by default, and then people have to enable and > select a colour, to have the Square or Ellipse filled with a colour.**** > > **** > > If it is found that there are those who want the fill colour enabled by > default and another group who want it disabled by default, then could the > default be a configuration option, e.g. FillDefault 0 = a default is no > fill colour, 1 = the default is to have a fill colour.**** > > **** > > Thanks,**** > > **** > > George Kirkham**** > > **** > > IT Manager**** > > Cooperative Research Centre For Greenhouse Gas Technologies (CO2CRC) **** > > NFF House, 14 - 16 Brisbane Avenue, Barton, ACT, 2600, Australia**** > > T: (02) 6120 1600**** > > F: (02) 6273 7181**** > > E: gkirk...@co2crc.com.au, **** > > W: www.co2crc.com.au**** > > **** > > **** > > *From:* aplusad...@aplustutoring.com [mailto:aplusad...@aplustutoring.com] > *On Behalf Of *Daniel Ascher > *Sent:* Friday, 11 May 2012 9:57 AM > *To:* openmeetings-user@incubator.apache.org > *Subject:* Re: Request for improvement**** > > **** > > Is this only in OM 2.0, because I don't see this in the prior version? > > Dan**** > > On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 7:37 PM, George Kirkham <gkirk...@co2crc.com.au> > wrote:**** > > Sebastian,**** > > **** > > I have noticed that when a person joins a room, any video windows from > other users who are already in the room load up over the top of their > “Choose Devices” Window. This makes it difficult for them to select > settings (until they move all of the video Windows out of the way). It > would be much better if the “Choose Devices” Window could be the top most > (i.e. above/on top the Video Windows).**** > > **** > > Users who are not intimately familiar with OpenMeetings get confused > because they don’t see the “Choose Devices” dialog.**** > > **** > > Thanks,**** > > **** > > George Kirkham**** > > **** > > IT Manager**** > > Cooperative Research Centre For Greenhouse Gas Technologies (CO2CRC) **** > > NFF House, 14 - 16 Brisbane Avenue, Barton, ACT, 2600, Australia**** > > T: (02) 6120 1600**** > > F: (02) 6273 7181**** > > E: gkirk...@co2crc.com.au, **** > > W: www.co2crc.com.au**** > > **** > > **** > > *From:* George Kirkham [mailto:gkirk...@co2crc.com.au] > *Sent:* Friday, 11 May 2012 7:31 AM > *To:* openmeetings-user@incubator.apache.org > *Subject:* But if there is anything I can do to further this effort, > please let me know!**** > > **** > > Dan, Sergey, Stephen, (and to myself),**** > > **** > > Do you have an environment where you can test the stability/reliability of > OpenMeetings. For example where several or more people can use > OpenMeetings and report on any issues, and the try to repeat the same issue > on another day.**** > > **** > > A clear, methodical approach to observing, and then identifying how to > repeat issues really help developers. It is even better if you can match > the issue with entries in the log files.**** > > **** > > While my OpenMeetings installation has been very good most of the time, > there are instances where some of my “test” users in conference rooms have > become unstable, but so far I have not had the time to be able to repeat > the issue frequently enough to identify why (or to match the problem > occurrences with an entries in the red5/log/*.log). These issues have not > been too serious, closing the browser and logging back in to the room fixes > most, on a few occasions I have had to reboot my PC. I have also observed > more issues when the PC is wirelessly connect (wireless LAN), which could > be related to my Wireless router.**** > > **** > > My hope is that if there is enough of us “users of OpenMeetings”, we can > identify issues, check with each other to see if the others can also create > the same issue, thus confirm the problem is not just with our own > environment, and be able to report an issue in a way that the developers > can more easily identify and fix. I am sure that they have limited time to > which the can contribute to OpenMeetings so if we can identify repeatable > issues and rule out any personal environmental problems, it should help in > reducing the reporting of problems which are not due to OpenMeetings itself. > **** > > **** > > So my request for Dan, Sergey, Stephen and others is, “when I report an > issue or a suggestion, please, when you have time, check my statements in > your own OpenMeetings environements and see if what I say is correct or a > worthwhile suggestion and then report back. Especially if I make a > suggestion for an improvement for something that I would like but it does > not make sense to you, or even better, you see an even more effective way > the improvement can be implemented (e.g. let’s do some brain storming). > Sometimes the most simplest of ideas are the greatest. For example, “one > tool that OpenMeetings whiteboad does not currently have is a highlighter, > like the highlighter pens”. **** > > **** > > **** > > Thanks,**** > > **** > > George Kirkham**** > > **** > > **** > > **** > > *From:* aplusad...@aplustutoring.com > [mailto:aplusad...@aplustutoring.com<aplusad...@aplustutoring.com>] > *On Behalf Of *Daniel Ascher > *Sent:* Friday, 11 May 2012 2:29 AM > *To:* openmeetings-user@incubator.apache.org > *Subject:* Re: exclusive audio in Build #68**** > > **** > > I would like to thank everyone who is working so hard on this project. I > am not an engineer so I can't contribute any coding. But if there is > anything I can do to further this effort, please let me know! > > Dan Ascher**** > > On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 11:59 AM, Alexei Fedotov <alexei.fedo...@gmail.com> > wrote:**** > > I'm really happy seeing new faces (George, Sergey, Stephen) around > with thoughtful and skillful posts - Openmeetings needs you, guys, for a > strong community. The strong community is mandatory for us to leave > incubation and become an full-scale Apache project.**** > > **** > > Thank you.**** > > > > > -- > Daniel Ascher, M.Ed. > President > A+ Test Prep and Tutoring > "Creating Bright Futures" > > 505 York Road, Suite 6 > Jenkintown, PA 19046 > Office: 215.886.9188 > Direct: 267.242.9640 > www.aplustutoring.com**** > > > > > -- > Sebastian Wagner > https://twitter.com/#!/dead_lock > http://www.openmeetings.de > http://www.webbase-design.de > http://www.wagner-sebastian.com > seba.wag...@gmail.com**** > -- Daniel Ascher, M.Ed. President A+ Test Prep and Tutoring "Creating Bright Futures" 505 York Road, Suite 6 Jenkintown, PA 19046 Office: 215.886.9188 Direct: 267.242.9640 www.aplustutoring.com
