This message style is a working proof of concept, a custom scrollbar in Adium. It is a prototype for the talented folks that create our wonderful message styles. I hope that others will use it as a spring board for rapid development of a whole new breed of message styles with custom scrollbars.
See /media folder for screen shots and video.
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Fade-in of new messages
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Auto smooth scrolling when new messages are received - including concurrent messages
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Custom styled scrollbar
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Dynamic height scrollbar handle
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Header and Footer objects of scrollbar handle
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Auto-hiding and fading scrollbar (mouse in/out of window)
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Message blocks widths expand/contract with auto-hiding scrollbar
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Auto-darkening background (mouse in/out of window) for busy desktops
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Mouse wheel support
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Design taken from “Pretty Simple” Message Style by Piotrek Marciniak
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Message-Append code taken from “ProtoScroll” Message Style by Eoban Binder
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Sam Stephenson and contributors of Prototype
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Thomas Fuchs and contributors of scriptaculous
Elegant Simple is licensed under the terms of the MIT License, see the included MIT-LICENSE file.