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[Rachel Liu <rachel.liu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Feedback referring to new designs based on MPT's comments:

- Is the hint shown even when the call is in the foreground? The wireframe and video suggest so, but it's not clear why.
No

- Does the call icon temporarily replace any of the existing indicators, or is it additional?
No need for icon now it has a separate bar above the indicators

- 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.)
Not applicable anymore 

- 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?
One tap to return to call

- 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?
Call will end so not active call anymore so no hint required

- 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?
3rd parties should be allowed to use it like Skype/etc but need to see test if this technically can happen on iOS and Android first

- 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.
Possibly, we need a pattern for this in general but need to see if this is the right pattern to use as we are only allowing access to for call related activities because it has maximum priority (incoming communication has this priority due to being a communication device on the phone)  

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.
Not applicable anymore 

** Description changed:

  Current situation
- No active call hint available 
+ 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
+ 
+ 20/01/14: Latest updated designs for active call hint to accommodate for UX and visual requirements:
+ https://docs.google.com/a/canonical.com/document/d/18Gk__rGcg7UVxrmw4HIBnhAL6ek3exQJNbXbkT8J87o/edit#heading=h.lo6wjg7251og

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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

  20/01/14: Latest updated designs for active call hint to accommodate for UX and visual requirements:
  https://docs.google.com/a/canonical.com/document/d/18Gk__rGcg7UVxrmw4HIBnhAL6ek3exQJNbXbkT8J87o/edit#heading=h.lo6wjg7251og

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