On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 01:02, James Putt
<putt.james@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> * presence settings
> available, away, busy, invisible, offline
> now we could work on the wording here.. offline is ambiguous for
> example, perhaps call that one "sign out" or "disable chat" or
> something..
> BRING THE COLORS BACK! we need some Traffic Light colors here! red is
> busy or DnD, green is online. This is very important IMO and keeps the
> user well informed, no need to go all monochrome on these, unless chat
> is disabled.
Making the "offline" string more explicitly related to chat would be a
great tweak. Colour in the icons would be nice but I don't think this
would be reflected in the indicator heading, which means having an
extra layer of understanding to match symbolic to colour-dependent
icons?
I think we have a clear semantic map for red, green and yellow concerning the user's presence status.
Approaching the goal of designing a system wide DoNotDisturb mode, this only adds to it. Symbols are nice, shapes convey a lot, this is something we want to use color for!
IM active or inactive is better represented with an on/off switch, i suggest redesign the Me Menu more confidently, instead of duplicating the design errors from Contact List.