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

[Martin Klapetek]

On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 00:28, Rohan Garg <rohangarg at ubuntu.com> wrote:

> 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


Ah, I see you already modified the dialog. Looks better. What about the rest
of the presences? What if I want to set a DND message (or any other really)?
And how does one switch between these simple presences and all presences?
Also please put the "..." after the "Custom message" --> "Custom
message...", so it implies new dialog will popup. Also please, try keeping
this discussion only in one thread (at kde-tp ML), so if you'll be answering
by email, answer it all here.

Thanks,
--Marty


>
>
> 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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