[Adium-devl] User Interface Idea's Chat Window and other thoughs

[Bart van de Biezen]

hi Andre,

Drawers are disappearing out of the user interface, I also don't like  
them because they give the feeling it is not part of the window. And  
you have to be careful with pallets because the distance between  
window and pallet is different every time, with a fixed mouse  
movement the mouse movement can be done without searching for the  
pallet, and the more windows the more confused the user is. That is  
why I solved it in the way seen in the screenshot.

kind regards,
Bart van de Biezen


On 19-feb-2007, at 16:17, Andre-John Mas wrote:

> Looks like an interesting idea, though would it not be better to use
> a draw type design, as used in other Mac applications?
>
> Another solution might be a tool palette type design?
>
> Andre
>
> On 19-Feb-07, at 08:55 , Bart van de Biezen wrote:
>
>> I have some remarks about the user interface from the chat window:
>> - Emoticon icon is on the top: mouse movements are long. Because
>> people start to point to the input field before they type (mental-
>> image). Therefor I would suggest to move the emoticon icon to
>> bottom of the window.
>> - People use a few icons most of the time. Adium could count and
>> store which emoticons are used most often. These few "favorite
>> emoticons" could be displayed in a more convenient way to the user.
>> - Search could be available right in the chat window to that
>> particular person.
>> - Chat input field doesn't really look like an input field. I think
>> this should be more emphasized.
>>
>> I quickly converted these points into a picture:
>>
>> <chat window.jpg>
>>
>> I also had some other thoughts. Just generally:
>> - Adding a person from address book should work without selecting
>> an im service. Adium should enable all the possible ways of
>> contacting that person.
>> - When it is someone's birthday the status icon could be a birthday-
>> cake or something?
>> - if there is a unread im, the first part of this text could
>> replace the status message of the contact person.
>> - Making the contact list the "tabs". I have to think more about
>> this :)
>>
>> kind regards,
>> Bart van de Biezen
>>
>>
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