On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 6:57 PM, Robert Vehse <robertve...@fastmail.fm>wrote:
> Hey everyone,
>
> Here's an update:
>
>
> *Default notifications*
>
>
> I've set up a table containing proposed updated notification presets
> ("Default", "Audio", Visual",
> https://trac.adium.im/wiki/DefaultsReview2013/DefaultNotifications#ProposedfuturedefaultnotificationsetsJuly7th2013).
> You will notice the default preset is stripped of all sound notifications.
> You can find my reasoning in the "Discussion" section (
> https://trac.adium.im/wiki/DefaultsReview2013/DefaultNotifications#Proposalsforremovaldiscussion
> ).
>
> In an email reply to the email from Rick Fillion forwarded by Peter [1] ,
> Colin pointed out the issue of discoverability when removing all sound
> notifications from the default set. I think we can solve it by having users
> select a preset (options: "Default", "Audio", "Visual" plus "Custom" – no
> notifications, set them up from scratch) in the Setup Wizard. Obviously,
> there's a always the danger of having too much stuff in a setup wizard but
> ours currently only has account setup in it so I don't think we have a
> problem here.
>
I think the idea behind the new defaults and having Setup Wizard choices
are good, though on reflection I find it confusing that 'Visual
Notifications' is really 'Default Notifications' plus contact signed on/off
notifications, which are usually just noise for most users I think. Also,
since the user will see 'Default' without knowing what it means and also
see 'Visual' in the same way, I think some will pick Visual having really
*wanted* Default.
I suggest not calling anything 'Default'. Instead, name each set, and pick
one set as the default. How about:
Visual (renaming what is currently called Default)
Audio
Audio + Visual (merging the currently-Default and Audio sets)
None
Users can add the signed on/off notifications on a global or per-group or
per-user basis if desired.
Cheers,
Evan
>
>
> *Toolbar items*
>
>
> I've added a screenshot with a proposed updated default toolbar (
> https://trac.adium.im/wiki/DefaultsReview2013/DefaultToolbarItems#Proposeddefaulttoolbaritems).
> Again, you can find explanations in the "Discussion" section (
> https://trac.adium.im/wiki/DefaultsReview2013/DefaultToolbarItems#Proposalsforremovaldiscussion
> ).
>
>
> So, everyone interested in this please tell whether you can agree with
> what is being proposed and if you disagree with something, please say why.
> :-)
>
>
> Regards,
> Robbie
>
> [1]
> http://markmail.org/message/pw4bkgejpa5j2tqu?q=default+list:im.adium.devel
>
