Hi James, On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 01:02, James Putt <[email protected]> wrote:
> > * presence settings > > available, away, busy, invisible, offline > > now we could work on the wording here.. offline is ambiguous for > > example, perhaps call that one "sign out" or "disable chat" or > > something.. > > BRING THE COLORS BACK! we need some Traffic Light colors here! red is > > busy or DnD, green is online. This is very important IMO and keeps the > > user well informed, no need to go all monochrome on these, unless chat > > is disabled. > > Making the "offline" string more explicitly related to chat would be a > great tweak. Colour in the icons would be nice but I don't think this > would be reflected in the indicator heading, which means having an > extra layer of understanding to match symbolic to colour-dependent > icons? > I think we have a clear semantic map for red, green and yellow concerning the user's presence status. Approaching the goal of designing a system wide DoNotDisturb mode, this only adds to it. Symbols are nice, shapes convey a lot, this is something we want to use color for! IM active or inactive is better represented with an on/off switch, i suggest redesign the Me Menu more confidently, instead of duplicating the design errors from Contact List.
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