If I've duplicated please ignore; had to join the mailing list is all. Sam
On Sun, Oct 7, 2012 at 12:07 PM, Sam Hewitt <[email protected]> wrote: > I would agree (with less vehement) with George that single windowed chat > applications are the way to go -see: Skype, most iOS, Android applications, > and the direction GNOME wants to go with Empathy/Chat. Hence this design: > > https://dl.dropbox.com/u/7027392/kde-telepathy-single-window.png > > Preferably to myself, having the single-window mode as an option for users > would be nice, if not fully one or the other. > > *A case for single window mode:* > > 1. The single window mode would simplify the interface dissolving the need > for tabulation or windows upon windows; the integration with the contact > list would allow it to not only organize contacts buy provide a way of > organizing chats. > > 2. The addition of a new message count into the contact list would help > with chat organization; prioritization of the contacts by unread message > count (in addition to the user's choice of organization) would serve in > place of the old method -clicking the contact in the list view opens the > chat view for that contact. > > 3. In terms of behaviour of the window, when no chats are active it would > appear as just the contact view, opening a chat extends the window and > toolbar and the chat view appears -simplification of the toolbar would make > this work -the addition of a "collapse" option in the chat view toolbar > would effectively close an open chat. > > 4. Notifications and panel entry (or whatever) urgency would notify the > user of incoming messages. > > P.S. My vote for a new name is Konverse ;) > > Cheers, > > Sam > > On Sun, Oct 7, 2012 at 11:38 AM, Georgi Karavasilev > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> So, I and Sam Hewitt have been working on UI overhaul for KDE-Telepathy >> and here is what we have: >> https://dl.dropbox.com/u/7027392/kde-telepathy-single-window.png >> >> https://picasaweb.google.com/100530892038948253747/Hermes#5796541629370248226 >> Changes include: >> >> - Single window mode >> - Refined toolbar >> - Improved chat pane design >> - More >> >> I (George) have been having a bit of dicsussion about the single window >> mode with Martin Klapetek<https://plus.google.com/u/0/101026761070865237619> >> and >> I gotta say that for me (can't say about Sam) the single window mode is a >> must have, this means that if you decide to nuke that from the design >> you'll have only Sam to talk with. Why is single window mode a must have - >> because you currently have two windows - a main Contact window and a chat >> window with tabs for different chats. This means that A) you can run out of >> tabs space sooner or later B) Having to manipulate one window is easier >> than two. >> Now, don't make me right design essays about that, not that I can't, but >> because I wrote enough of those about it already and I will not explain it >> once more, I will just say you what I have said to Martin about the single >> window mode if you're so insistent on asking about it. >> > >
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