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["frederik.nnaji@xxxxxxxxx" <frederik.nnaji@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi there ;)

On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 08:15, Oscar RdG <oscarrdg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Good morning!
>
> On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 3:55 AM, frederik.nnaji@xxxxxxxxx <
> frederik.nnaji@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>
>>> - "Contacts" and "Compose" in the Messaging Menu... having two
>>> "outbox" entries lost in the middle looks and feels wrong...
>>> and adds clutter
>>>
>>
>> this is a great improvement, since it cleans up the menu a good deal.
>> "Contacts" is completely useless in there to me, good you got rid of it.
>> "Compose New Message" is also useless in there, since we are used to
>> composing new messages in other places, e.g. the Me Menu, where we have a
>> field solely for that purpose.
>> good you removed that too.
>>
>
> So, aren't you then assuming "inbox functionality" in the Messaging Menu,
> and moving "outbox functionality" (the ability to compose new messages) into
> the Me Menu?
> :)
>

I see the Messaging Menu more like a proxy to conversations *and* messaging,
the Me Menu would be more of a identity and status panel, representing Me,
rather than communication.
The status messages i can "compose" in the MeMenu hardly justify calling it
an "outbox".
In the Me Menu Spec¹, something called "Custom Status" is mentioned, which
has never been implemented. Althought we have the broadcast field ATM all i
wanna believe is that in fact i am seeing that "Custom Status" field,
embedded, since i know that from all IM apps i ever used and i find it hard
to understand otherwise.

Such an IM status text is not a conversational message, it is a description
of "Me", hence aka "status text".

As long as the two menus are not merged, the only one meant for messaging is
the Messaging Menu in my eyes. Trimming that one down to its semantic core
is a good thing, because that would later on facilitate its integration into
another menu, e.g. the Me Menu, that's why i liked what Conscious User did
there.. ..not because it polarizes the two menus into IN and OUT.

¹ https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeMenu#Instant%20messaging%20statuses