That seems like it'd not fit on some screens easily.
Chris
On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 12:33 PM, Jacobo Tarragón Cros
<jacobo.tarra...@gmail.com <mailto:jacobo.tarra...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Hi there!
I made a mockup to show how I would like adium to address this new UI.
In my opinion Adium should go for the obvious and familiar, and
that means Quicktime controls. I don't see having the video frame
inside the chat window as a bad idea, as chatting while
videoconferencing is quite often.
I didn't put any time in the icons, but you get the idea:
show/hide my own window --- microphone volumne --- microphone mute
--- video mute --- detach to popup --- fullscreen.
The X on the corner would end the call, but this might be achieved
by the toolbar button also.
I think the video frame should resize along with the chat window,
and the chat display would scroll if it's needed.
Hope this adds to the discussion,
cheers!
2011/1/31 George Lambrou <georgelambrou...@gmail.com
<mailto:georgelambrou...@gmail.com>>
On Jan 25, 11, at 8.25 pm, Evan Schoenberg, M.D. wrote:
I think one thing we need to address is whether we intend for
voice/video to be a part of the text chat window or whether
it's always an independent thing. The black HUD appearance
George showed here could be really cool as a separate
floating window, but I don't know if it would fit in with a
standard messaging window (at least as it currently appears).
Alterations can always be made, and I think I'm going to go
back and retouch the aesthetic a bit anyway, to better fit
with the rest of OS X (the Lion issue again).
Could you explain what you mean by the slider grip acting as
mute button?
If the user were to click and hold the slider grip, they could
drag it around, change the volume as normal. If they just
click on it, though, it acts as a button, muting that volume.
Although, since the release of FaceTime for Mac, I'm wondering
whether even having those sliders on the window is necessary
at all; FaceTime does a brilliant job of video chat, without
the need for them. Hiding them somewhere could work, too, but
it might be something to consider to ditch them entirely.
The decibel level within the slider itself is an inspired
dual-purposing of the control. Out of curiosity, have you
seen that done somewhere else, or is that a new UI paradigm?
The volume slider taskbar item in Windows 7. Sure, it's from
Microsoft, but when I saw it, I thought it was a good idea,
one that would be /really/ well suited to this purpose. That's
okay, right?
* *_Floating Window Mode:_ *<snip>
I would expect close to end the call, I think... I'd handle
redocking via drag-and-drop, just as we can redock tabs that
have been pulled into other windows or new windows.
I was unsure about what the close button should do as well. My
reasoning behind making it a redocking control was that as the
floating bar would be part of a multi-window setup, closing
the bar would be different from closing the application; Adium
would still be running, and the user might just want to cut
down on the number of windows they'd have open. If they were
to close the floating window, the chat could still continue
without cluttering up the user's desktop, similar to closing
the iTunes window when you know you're just gonna leave it
playing for an hour or two. And of course, redocking via drag
and drop would be there too.
*<I have more>*
I'd love to see them, and here is definitely the most
appropriate place.
I just posted a new mockup in the Message Window Proposal
thread for the team's review.
George Lambrou
