Jamba Map and Quest Log tweaks

[ebony]

Hi all (especially Ebony! ;-) ),

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The jamba quest log windows drives me batty every time I open the map/questlog.


So rather than complain, I did something about it... I've attached a new JambaQuest.lua file that contains a right click context menu for sharing/tracking/abandoning quests that looks like the following:

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Ya i did put sometime ago last year about this very old system that was made for the old quest log. that a right click menu would be fun to try just nerver really got around to do it.

Untrack Quest and Abandon Quest work the usual way (JUST on the current toon), Share Quest automatically accepts on toons, per usual.

The additions to the menu are the Jamba UnTrack/Track All Toons and the Jamba Abandon Quest All Toons.

In my testing thus far (somewhat limited) these work fine and I haven't seen any adverse effects elsewhere.

well i was going to do the same sort of thing or-though i was going to use the same Abandon Quest button and using a mod key to send to all toons.

In making this change, I've removed three existing pieces of functionality, but I personally feel the value of this functionality is dubious at best:

1. Abandon All Quests button.

I have never once, in all my years multiboxing, encountered a situation where I WANTED to abandon all my quests... I have accidentally clicked this button (and the associated confirm dialog, as it looks just like the Abandon Single Quest dialog) more than once and have been REALLY irritated because of it...

I just see next to no value in this.

I use this a LOT! i mean a LOT as well! its so helpful! from login on a team after a few years and just looking at the quest log and meh delete it. i can not say i nerver miss clicked that button in all the years av used it.

Maybe we need more confirm dialog hmmmmmm,

2. Share All Quests button

Somewhat more value here. With the quest specific context menu, and the removal of the irritating window, there isn't a good place for this to live... A button could be added to the questlog to enable this functionality if desired, but I personally don't see the value in adding a lot of extra code to enable this, when you can just share each quest individually... It's sort of nice to have, but not all THAT nice in my opinion.

3. Share/Abandon based on character tags.

I can't possibly envision a scenario where this has any value... It adds a bunch of extra complexity to the code and it just seems utterly pointless... If a toon can accept a quest, why wouldn't you want them to get the quest?

the share all quest button can come in handy if you added a new toon to the group and wonted to sync that new char to the group. why i keep it.

The tag system is well ya i nerver used it. i understand stand whats its for say you only wonted only the class quests on xyz chars but then again its not like you can share it to them chars anyway ya i know this is more of less as useful as a chocolate teapot.

I've commented out the code for the current Quest Log bar as I find it INCREDIBLY irritating. I would REALLY like to see this gone, but if anyone wants it to stay, maybe we could add in a config option that hides it if people don't want to see it?

hmm ya right hmmm right there is a option to turn it off already its always been there. (surly you saw that going though the code!)

Generally, I very rarely want to use these Jamba features for quests, so having that bar in your face EVERY time you open the map is just an irritation...

Also, the old window required nearly 500 lines of code and the new mechanism is 162 lines, so it makes things simpler too...

well yes i did make the bar smaller last year and after i was going to remove it a lot wonted to see it stay, like i said there is something i wonted to do and was thinking a right click menu would be a lot easier so i will try and it and see i might add it in the 4.3 beta release and see what kinda (if) feed back we get on it?