Voice (and Video)

[Håvard Pedersen]

It looks very configurable, while keeping the number of buttons to a
minimum. I like it. :) It might feel a bit chaotic because of all the
possibilities, but that is difficult to know for sure until there is a
prototype to try.

Håvard Pedersen
http://fuzzy76.net/


On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 23:19, George Lambrou <georgelambrou721 at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hey all. I tried to take some of the ideas presented in last week's
> discussion and combine them into a single, hopefully intuitive whole. I made
> a diagram to explain everything, and included it (as well as all of the
> mockups I made in the process) in the attached archive. Some notes about the
> diagram:
>
>
>    - The whole system is based around dragging the video preview to
>    various areas of the message window in the centre of the page.
>    - The blue areas in the message window represent docking zones;
>    dropping the preview outside of the blue areas but still within the view
>    results in Bubble Mode.
>    - The docking zones are not visible to the user.
>    - The circular ends of the blue arrows represent where the user docks
>    the video in the message view.
>    - The main controls appear on the video preview's hover (shown in
>    diagram); the hide preview button only appears on the outgoing preview's
>    hover.
>    - Docking to the side should expand the window horizontally to
>    accommodate the preview, without altering the size of the message view (no
>    mockup for this yet); given the limited vertical real-estate of most laptop
>    screens, I don't think this should apply to top and bottom docking.
>    - In case it's not too clear, dropping the preview outside of the
>    message view spawns a separate window for the video chat (I've put a button
>    for un/re-docking on the control bar as well).
>    - Full and Windowed modes use full-size control bars, Docked and Bubble
>    modes use miniatures.
>    - The click and drag in the Bubble Mode diagram represents a resize
>    (effects are reversible by resizing back down).
>    - When entering a message in full mode, leaving the focus of both the
>    message bar *and* the message view retracts the message view again.
>
>
> As usual, all thoughts, comments, etc. that you can offer are appreciated;
> thank you again for considering my work.
>
> George Lambrou
>
>
>
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