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[Remco <remco47@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 15:04, Conscious User <conscioususer@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I still think it's unclear what that text box does. I made a quick
>> mockup which adds some text to the text boxes, explaining what they
>> are supposed to do. This text goes away when the text box is
>> activated. The social networking text box says "Post Twitter
>> message..." when the Twitter icon is selected. It should change to
>> whatever social network is selected.
>
> When more than one is selected, we are pretty much back to the
> original problem, unless we do something like concatenate everything
> ("post to Twitter/Identi.ca/Facebook"), which sounds kinda heavy.

Then it's probably better to make it general: "Post public
message...", or "Post to selected networks..."

> Furthermore, one of the things I currently like the most in the Me
> Menu is the fact that the text box receives focus automatically
> when you click on the Me Menu icon. That wouldn't fit your proposal
> as it would immediately delete the explanation text. A possible
> adaptation would be deleting it only when the user starts typing,
> but I have some doubts whether it can be made obvious enough that
> the text is temporary and not "solid".

Yeah, that's not a good solution. Maybe take the text out of the text
box and onto its own line. Then (when keeping Luke's idea) you have
three lines next to the face icon. Sounds messy. I'd prefer losing the
auto focus feature. Gah, menus are difficult. ;)

Or, now for something completely different: move the broadcasting text
box to the messaging menu. The MeMenu was for managing your presence,
not for actual messaging.

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Remco