Voice (and Video)

[Jacobo Tarragón Cros]

Hi there!

I made a mockup to show how I would like adium to address this new UI.
In my opinion Adium should go for the obvious and familiar, and that means
Quicktime controls. I don't see having the video frame inside the chat
window as a bad idea, as chatting while videoconferencing is quite often.

I didn't put any time in the icons, but you get the idea:
show/hide my own window --- microphone volumne --- microphone mute --- video
mute --- detach to popup --- fullscreen.
The X on the corner would end the call, but this might be achieved by the
toolbar button also.

I think the video frame should resize along with the chat window, and the
chat display would scroll if it's needed.

Hope this adds to the discussion,

cheers!


2011/1/31 George Lambrou <georgelambrou721 at gmail.com>

> On Jan 25, 11, at 8.25 pm, Evan Schoenberg, M.D. wrote:
>
> I think one thing we need to address is whether we intend for voice/video
> to be a part of the text chat window or whether it's always an independent
> thing.  The black HUD appearance George showed here could be really cool as
> a separate floating window, but I don't know if it would fit in with a
> standard messaging window (at least as it currently appears).
>
>
> Alterations can always be made, and I think I'm going to go back and
> retouch the aesthetic a bit anyway, to better fit with the rest of OS X (the
> Lion issue again).
>
> Could you explain what you mean by the slider grip acting as mute button?
>
>
> If the user were to click and hold the slider grip, they could drag it
> around, change the volume as normal. If they just click on it, though, it
> acts as a button, muting that volume. Although, since the release of
> FaceTime for Mac, I'm wondering whether even having those sliders on the
> window is necessary at all; FaceTime does a brilliant job of video chat,
> without the need for them. Hiding them somewhere could work, too, but it
> might be something to consider to ditch them entirely.
>
> The decibel level within the slider itself is an inspired dual-purposing of
> the control.  Out of curiosity, have you seen that done somewhere else, or
> is that a new UI paradigm?
>
>
> The volume slider taskbar item in Windows 7. Sure, it's from Microsoft, but
> when I saw it, I thought it was a good idea, one that would be *really*well suited to this purpose. That's okay, right?
>
>
>    - *Floating Window Mode: *<snip>
>
>
>
> I would expect close to end the call, I think... I'd handle redocking via
> drag-and-drop, just as we can redock tabs that have been pulled into other
> windows or new windows.
>
>
> I was unsure about what the close button should do as well. My reasoning
> behind making it a redocking control was that as the floating bar would be
> part of a multi-window setup, closing the bar would be different from
> closing the application; Adium would still be running, and the user might
> just want to cut down on the number of windows they'd have open. If they
> were to close the floating window, the chat could still continue without
> cluttering up the user's desktop, similar to closing the iTunes window when
> you know you're just gonna leave it playing for an hour or two. And of
> course, redocking via drag and drop would be there too.
>
> *<I have more>*
>
>
> I'd love to see them, and here is definitely the most appropriate place.
>
>
> I just posted a new mockup in the Message Window Proposal thread for the
> team's review.
>
> George Lambrou
>
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