On Aug 25, 11, at 9.56 pm, Evan Schoenberg, M.D. wrote: > > On Aug 25, 2011, at 8:40 PM, Peter Hosey wrote: > >> On Aug 25, 2011, at 18:27:36, Evan Schoenberg, M.D. wrote: >>> 1. Support opening a contact list which, by default, is the Collapsed, No >>> Chats Open window. It allows display of chats in the list to be toggled >>> somehow, but it does not allow expansion. It can do the sweet collapsed, >>> contact selected behavior. >>> - This window is not open when Adium starts on a fresh install. The >>> Main Window is. >> >> I disagree. When the user connects for the first time, all they have are >> contacts, no chats. There is no reason to show the chat area. > > <PastedGraphic-1.png> > GIven a window full of contacts double clicking a contact could potentially > do one of two things: > 1. Open a window with a chat. This is the current behavior. > 2. Expand the window into being a Main Window.
Double-clicking a contact would both start a new chat AND expand the window, if collapsed; at least, that's how I envisioned it. > However, I don't know that the default view should be collapsed. George, > could you weigh in on how you see this looking on first launch (and > subsequent launches with no open chats)? Personally, I think the default view for new users should be an open Main Window with an empty linen view and disabled toolbar, aside from the Me Button. It begs the user to select something, and begins to acclimatize them to the one-window layout. >> (Subsequent launches are a different case, as we should implement Resume by >> reopening all the chats the user left open.) > > Agreed; we currently do that, though it's a preference. Personally, I think that this preference should be on by default from here on in, along with a larger default value for "Show # recent messages in new chats", which should also be on by default. >> In list-only mode, we can reduce the population of the toolbar to only: >> >> - AV >> - History >> - Info/Block >> >> It'll still be a bit wider than we're used to, but workable. We can probably >> do further sacrifical collapsing as the user reduces the window's width. > > Perhaps we could make use of the bottom action bar to avoid having to expand > the width? 'Get Info' simply takes you to the contact card view for the person in question. It's the same as clicking on them in the contacts pane. The gear menu at the bottom is a context menu for managing contacts, containing items such as 'Block', 'View History', 'Delete', etc., as well as a 'Manage Groups' item (one of the things I still need to mock up and show you all). Adding items to request audio and video chats is a good idea. >> (Why are Info and Block one button again?) They both deal with the contact you're chatting with, but outside the context of the chat. The 'Get Info' button should also change to a 'Start/Return to Chat' button when in contact card view. George
