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[Mark Shuttleworth <mark@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 10/06/10 01:21, Conscious User wrote:
>   
>>> And, for both cases, the same question remains: what
>>> should happen when you click on the indicator? This
>>> is particularly hairy when you consider that the
>>> user can have multiple streams being shown, and
>>> there might be intersections among those streams
>>> (ex: one stream for Twitter, other for all replies)
>>>   
>>>       
>> Good questions!
>>     
>
> And no answers so far! I'd love to hear some opinions
> from the usability experts around here. :)
>   

The simplest answer would be to say that the click should take you as
close to the "thing you clicked on" as possible.

So, for example, if the messaging app is saying "Jane Silber     14m"
(i.e. you got a message from Jane Silber 14 minutes ago) and you click
on it, you want to see that message. If it's saying "Ayatana, the n...  
(23)" (i.e. there are 23 new comments on your blog post) then clicking
that should take you to where you can see those 23 messages most
immediately.

Mark

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