Looks great :)<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 12 May 2011 01:28, Rohan Garg <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rohangarg@ubuntu.com">rohangarg@ubuntu.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Hi<br>
A bit of modification to my earlier post, here are the latest<br>
screenshots [1] and [2]<br>
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[1] <a href="http://i.imgur.com/d0rGm.png" target="_blank">http://i.imgur.com/d0rGm.png</a><br>
[2] <a href="http://i.imgur.com/69Rpz.png" target="_blank">http://i.imgur.com/69Rpz.png</a><br>
<br>
Regards<br>
<font color="#888888">Rohan Garg<br>
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On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 2:47 AM, Rohan Garg <<a href="mailto:rohangarg@ubuntu.com">rohangarg@ubuntu.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hi!<br>
> I finally got around to completing the GUI ( only have some backend<br>
> storage issues left ) and here is the Final GUI design [1] [2] and [3]<br>
> ( Please ignore the Online icon on the custom status entry, it's just<br>
> a placeholder till i find a proper icon for it ). Feedback is welcome<br>
><br>
> [1] <a href="http://i.imgur.com/VGvcy.png" target="_blank">http://i.imgur.com/VGvcy.png</a><br>
> [2] <a href="http://i.imgur.com/rMGiY.png" target="_blank">http://i.imgur.com/rMGiY.png</a><br>
> [3] <a href="http://i.imgur.com/nF54g.png" target="_blank">http://i.imgur.com/nF54g.png</a><br>
> Regards<br>
> Rohan Garg<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 7:33 AM, Matt Rogers <<a href="mailto:mattr@kde.org">mattr@kde.org</a>> wrote:<br>
>> On Saturday, May 07, 2011 03:22:39 AM Aurélien Gâteau wrote:<br>
>>> On 03/05/2011 22:41, Rohan Garg wrote:<br>
>>> > Now, the main issue i am facing is that after i remove the radio<br>
>>> > buttons ( which in my opinion make the UI look cluttered ), how do i<br>
>>> > represent to the user that his current IM Status is, say Online? We<br>
>>> > discussed a couple of scenarios on IRC, like making the current status<br>
>>> > as Bold/Italics, or using a tick mark next to the current status,<br>
>>> > using a different highlight color etc but none of the ideas were<br>
>>> > satisfactory and had one issue or the other.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Hi Rohan,<br>
>>><br>
>>> Using radio buttons feels like the natural way to do this, but I agree<br>
>>> it looks cluttered here. Maybe that is something which can be fixed in<br>
>>> the Oxygen theme instead (Nuno, are you around?)<br>
>>><br>
>>> If you want to get rid of those radio buttons, I would personally go for<br>
>>> using a bold font, the other options are not good because:<br>
>>> - Italics can be hard to read<br>
>>> - A tick mark would break the vertical alignment of the status (although<br>
>>> a mockup of that would help to make a more informed opinion)<br>
>>> - A different highlight color is very hard to get right on all possible<br>
>>> color schemes.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Two not-completely-related suggestions:<br>
>>><br>
>>> 1. Right now the "Set message..." entry looks a bit like a header for<br>
>>> the different status. I think it should be either moved back to the<br>
>>> bottom of the menu, or a separator should be inserted below it.<br>
>>><br>
>><br>
>> I like your separator idea. Rohan, perhaps you could do a mockup of that so we<br>
>> could see the visual impact?<br>
>><br>
>>> 2. Grouping related status would improve readability IMO. Something like<br>
>>> this:<br>
>>><br>
>>> [@] rohan16g...<a href="http://mail.com" target="_blank">mail.com</a><br>
>>> [/Set message.../ ]<br>
>>> -----------------------<br>
>>> ( ) Available<br>
>>> ( ) Be right back<br>
>>> -----------------------<br>
>>> ( ) Busy<br>
>>> ( ) Do not disturb<br>
>>> ( ) Away<br>
>>> -----------------------<br>
>>> ( ) Extended Away<br>
>>> ( ) Invisible<br>
>>> ( ) Offline<br>
>>><br>
>>> Note that I reordered statuses a bit: I may be wrong, but I feel "Be<br>
>>> right back" is closer to "Available" than "Away", and "Away" is closer<br>
>>> to "Offline" than "Busy" and "Do not disturb". Icons should probably be<br>
>>> adjusted as well, but I guess the Oxygen icons would need to be renamed.<br>
>>><br>
>><br>
>> Available is the only one that stands on its own. Everything else is some form<br>
>> of away state. 'Be right back' can probably go away. It's not any different<br>
>> than 'Away' IMHO.<br>
>><br>
>>> (I also think there are too many possible statuses, but that's probably<br>
>>> enough for now)<br>
>>><br>
>><br>
>> You ain't seen nothing yet. ;)<br>
>><br>
>>> Aurélien<br>
>><br>
>> --<br>
>> Matt<br>
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