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[Ian Santopietro <isantop@xxxxxxxxx>]

I like how well this fits with my mockups!

One thing I've been trying to work out is how to do indicators on a
tablet. Menus are not a good option, but neither is the phone system.
This strikes a good balance, while also being usable on a desktop too.
Many bravos!

There are a couple of things I would recommend. I would put the status
indicators at the top of the menu. Currently, they're meant to be a
simple way to set your status across all programs and protocols that
support it. This becomes clearer with the icons at the top, and
doesn't diminish the point of the status selection.

I would also make the Icons act like tabs, where you click to switch
between them. Then, add a "Launch Empathy" (or similar) item to the
list of options to load the program. I feel like this would be
slightly more user-friendly.

On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 14:03, Matt Richardson
<m.richardson.1990@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Recently Ian Santopietro made some mockups for how Unity might look on a
> phone or a desktop.
> I love the way his phone indicators look and the amount of information they
> show and I think we should migrate them to the desktop. I have done a mockup
> below to show how they would display:
>
> Mockup
>
> Clicking an indicator would show the menu as now.
> Clicking a message would load the appropriate window (email, chat etc).
> Clicking the Email/Chat/Broadcast icons would load the appropriate program.
> Hovering over the Email/Chat/Broadcast icons for 0.3 seconds, see later)
> would display the extra options currently available in the menu (i.e.
> Hovering over the Email button would display options for 'Compose new
> message' and 'Contacts').
> The 0.3 second delay on hovering is simply to prevent accidental switching
> between categories when moving the mouse to select an option under the
> current category (e.g. The user tries to change their status to 'Busy', but
> as they move their mouse down, they pass over the Broadcast icon and the
> menu changes)
> If the person you are chatting with has a profile picture, this would be
> displayed instead of the blank avatar in the menu or the chat symbol in the
> notification area.
> Other menu options would behave as now (change status, open chat window with
> selected content)
>
> Any thoughts/issues?
> Matt
>
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