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[Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Rachel. Some things I can think of that will need including in a
full spec:

- Is the hint shown even when the call is in the foreground? The
wireframe and video suggest so, but it's not clear why.

- Does the call icon temporarily replace any of the existing indicators,
or is it additional?

- If the call icon is leftmost, as shown in the wireframe and video,
what happens if there isn't enough room for it? The current overflow
design assumes that the leftmost indicators are hidden, so this would
need to be an exception. (The transitions video assumes no SEARCH label
and therefore no overflow, which would be excellent.)

- Can you dismiss the expanded hint without returning to the call, or is
it like a notification bubble in that you need to wait for it to go
away?

- What happens if the call fails while it is in the background? Does the
hint stick around, so you can call back? If so, for how long?

- Is it possible to be in two calls at once, for example a phone call
and a Skype call, or a Skype call and a Google Hangout? If so, how is
that shown in the hint? And if not, what prevents it API-wise?

- Should the same kind of hint be used for indicating that a background
app is using the microphone (bug 1224756) as is used for a call? If so,
presumably it should have a different icon. And if not, we'll need a
different design for that, which would be tricky because you might be
recording the call as well.

Incidentally, I find the transition in the video rather disorienting,
mostly because tapping the status bar causes it to move down while stuff
appears both above *and* below it. It would be easy for it to do just
one or the other.

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Title:
  [indicators] add active call hint in indicators

Status in The Messaging Menu:
  Opinion
Status in Phone App:
  New
Status in Ubuntu UX bugs:
  Confirmed
Status in The Unity 8 shell:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Current situation
  No active call hint available 

  Design solution
  Introduce active call hint in the indicators
  Refer to slide 4 on https://docs.google.com/a/canonical.com/presentation/d/1RevYZ6bODa6uRiHuMsmVfMoXGwdZ73qwkYJIb_3B6EI/edit#slide=id.g255f49779_0721

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