[quote author=Veracity link=topic=1491.msg6948#msg6948 date=1201922109]
It does seem like a perfectly good use of KoLmafia.
If I made it work, would that satisfy the needs of the OP?
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Well...I'm a bit reticent on this now. It's really only worthwhile to me if it completely avoids problems at work. For "not making it obvious that I'm not devoting myself 100% to work" related reasons, a minimal (i.e. chat-only) mafia configuration would still be relatively lacking if it continued to bounce the window around after minimizing to tray and re-maximizing. (Hope that can be followed...) You see, my boss looks at the taskbar...if it shows up there, I'm using it "too often," but if it's in the system tray it's ok. I know, I know, don't tell me.*
You see, I really hate to divert the attention of a major contributor to KoLmafia, as I love the program and probably wouldn't be enjoying KoL enough to continue playing without it (which I hope Asymetric knows, as I've become a fairly regular donator). The problem is, I'd need something that completely meets my needs in order to be satisfied (otherwise, I wouldn't feel "safe" using it at work).
I guess if you could A) fix the maximizing KoLmafia after minimizing to tray in Windows moves the window to a different location bug and B) let me know how to set up mafia to load just chat I'd probably feel safe enough to consider it a success. Really, though, having no extra programs "obviously" running would be my best bet.
Basically, it comes down to a "nevermind," unless any of these issues are either so minimal in effort that's it's simply "no big deal" to take care of them, or the original request can be met.
Either way, I'm a bit curious as to how Veracity and Hola would prefer to be compensated for time (aside from, and in addition to, my present request). While I have your attention, would you guys prefer Mr. A's or some other form of compensation? (This isn't a bribe; I just want to show how much I appreciate the program. I've gotten caught up as to where I feel my KoL donations "should" be, and I'd like to extend my appreciation to the mafia dev.'s.)
*Sigh* It all comes down to, as I said earlier, a very specific request that most people would find superfluous, but I, in a very specific situation, would appreciate. Of course, if I could convince my boss to let me work from home, it would all be moot. But for reasons beyond logic, that isn't going to happen.
P.S. I apologize for the rambling. It's late (for me) on Friday, and I've been relaxing with Mr. Sam Adams. But since at least Veracity seems to be reading this, I should throw out one more "thanks for all the hard work."
*Amusing side note, the other day I went to check my email in Thunderbird, and for some reason my computer got confused and maximized Firefox instead (both have the "minimize to tray" plugin, which is probably the culprit, despite my inability to reproduce the bug). Couldn't get Thunderbird to open until I closed Firefox, which was set to Gameplay-Discusssion in some thread or another. That was fun.
Edit: (only seconds later, see the "P.S." above) Plus, c'mon, wouldn't a Pidgin plugin for KoL chat just be cool?