Hi A bit of modification to my earlier post, here are the latest screenshots [1] and [2]
[1] http://i.imgur.com/d0rGm.png [2] http://i.imgur.com/69Rpz.png Regards Rohan Garg On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 2:47 AM, Rohan Garg <rohang...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > Hi! > I finally got around to completing the GUI ( only have some backend > storage issues left ) and here is the Final GUI design [1] [2] and [3] > ( Please ignore the Online icon on the custom status entry, it's just > a placeholder till i find a proper icon for it ). Feedback is welcome > > [1] http://i.imgur.com/VGvcy.png > [2] http://i.imgur.com/rMGiY.png > [3] http://i.imgur.com/nF54g.png > Regards > Rohan Garg > > > > On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 7:33 AM, Matt Rogers <ma...@kde.org> wrote: >> On Saturday, May 07, 2011 03:22:39 AM Aurélien Gâteau wrote: >>> On 03/05/2011 22:41, Rohan Garg wrote: >>> > Now, the main issue i am facing is that after i remove the radio >>> > buttons ( which in my opinion make the UI look cluttered ), how do i >>> > represent to the user that his current IM Status is, say Online? We >>> > discussed a couple of scenarios on IRC, like making the current status >>> > as Bold/Italics, or using a tick mark next to the current status, >>> > using a different highlight color etc but none of the ideas were >>> > satisfactory and had one issue or the other. >>> >>> Hi Rohan, >>> >>> Using radio buttons feels like the natural way to do this, but I agree >>> it looks cluttered here. Maybe that is something which can be fixed in >>> the Oxygen theme instead (Nuno, are you around?) >>> >>> If you want to get rid of those radio buttons, I would personally go for >>> using a bold font, the other options are not good because: >>> - Italics can be hard to read >>> - A tick mark would break the vertical alignment of the status (although >>> a mockup of that would help to make a more informed opinion) >>> - A different highlight color is very hard to get right on all possible >>> color schemes. >>> >>> Two not-completely-related suggestions: >>> >>> 1. Right now the "Set message..." entry looks a bit like a header for >>> the different status. I think it should be either moved back to the >>> bottom of the menu, or a separator should be inserted below it. >>> >> >> I like your separator idea. Rohan, perhaps you could do a mockup of that so >> we >> could see the visual impact? >> >>> 2. Grouping related status would improve readability IMO. Something like >>> this: >>> >>> [@] rohan16g...mail.com >>> [/Set message.../ ] >>> ----------------------- >>> ( ) Available >>> ( ) Be right back >>> ----------------------- >>> ( ) Busy >>> ( ) Do not disturb >>> ( ) Away >>> ----------------------- >>> ( ) Extended Away >>> ( ) Invisible >>> ( ) Offline >>> >>> Note that I reordered statuses a bit: I may be wrong, but I feel "Be >>> right back" is closer to "Available" than "Away", and "Away" is closer >>> to "Offline" than "Busy" and "Do not disturb". Icons should probably be >>> adjusted as well, but I guess the Oxygen icons would need to be renamed. >>> >> >> Available is the only one that stands on its own. Everything else is some >> form >> of away state. 'Be right back' can probably go away. It's not any different >> than 'Away' IMHO. >> >>> (I also think there are too many possible statuses, but that's probably >>> enough for now) >>> >> >> You ain't seen nothing yet. ;) >> >>> Aurélien >> >> -- >> Matt >> _______________________________________________ >> kde-usability mailing list >> kde-usabil...@kde.org >> https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-usability >> > _______________________________________________ KDE-Telepathy mailing list KDE-Telepathy@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-telepathy
