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[Frederik Nnaji <frederik.nnaji@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Jean ;)

On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 12:50, Jean Levasseur <levasseur.jean@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Hello Frederik,
>
> 2010/8/21, Frederik Nnaji <frederik.nnaji@xxxxxxxxx>:
> > The "dash" as you spell it, is what exactly again?
> > Does "dash" mean another "Place" in Nautilus, where my contacts will be
> > listed and searchable?
>
> If I understand well, the dash is a concept introduced in Unity, not
> necessarly bound to Nautilus.
>

Thanks, i feel a lot more up to date now!


> > Opening a full fledged window might be valid for operations like contact
> > editing or management, grouping, synchronizing and sorting...
> > For fast access, i would prefer a Contact menu that behaves just like an
> > indicator menu:
> > * appears (i.e. drops down)
> > * shows a list of activity-essential items (Me, my Contacts, a link to
> the
> > "dash")
>
> I'm not at all a business user, neither I have an incredible amount of
> friends yet my contact list easily carries more that two hundred
> entries.  Surely I do _not_ want all those listed in a menu, but
> rather I want to have at hand a mechanism to filter them in order to
> find the one(s) I'm looking for.
>

i couldn't agree more!
Understanding the meaning of "dash" now, i think the concept of having a
Contact menu is expendable for the moment..


> > The use case would be something like:
> >
> > Deborah wants to call her assistant Mike via VoIP.
> > Mike is pinned to her list of usual Contacts that always shows in the
> > Contact menu.
> > Deborah opens the category indicator for [social messaging] and moves the
> > mouse onto the voice call graphic next to Mike's name in the menu.
> > A call is mediated between the two of them, as she clicks, and the menu
> > vanishes, giving way to a voice call window.
>
> Again, contacts being in a "dash" (unity page) makes them fairly easy
> to reach and filter.  Managing contact can still be done using a
> proper application like Evolution, tho.


I would prefer managing them in the dash.
Why open an extra app, if the DE itself can already serve the purpose?
Good lookin on this dash stuff..