UI overhaul

[Sam Hewitt]

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 <hewittsamuel at gmail.com> 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 <motorslav at gmail.com>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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