[KDE Usability] Re: A couple of HIG questions regarding KDE Telepathy

[Rohan Garg]

Hi
A bit of modification to my earlier post, here are the latest
screenshots [1] and [2]

[1] http://i.imgur.com/d0rGm.png
[2] http://i.imgur.com/69Rpz.png

Regards
Rohan Garg

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