Re: [GnomeMeeting-devel-list] GM Stereo View

[Christopher Warner <zanee kernelcode com>]

I think that we can fix some of the toolbar problem if we place the
toolbar buttons on the actual call view when it's needed. For instance
instead of having the text button on the toolbar when we aren't
connected we should put it on a toolbar to a callers view when we are
actually connected, We could get rid of the text/audio/video stuff and
be left with control panel/address book and display video buttons. The
address book button we could probably get rid of too and because most of
the functionality of the control panel operations would be on the
callers view window we could get rid of that too and break out the
dialpad into a popup addon like textchat is and the statistics we could
add as a popup addon per the persons view. Then all we would be left
with this is the display camera option. That would streamline GM's view.

On Tue, 2004-06-29 at 12:22, Damien Sandras wrote:
> Le mar, 29/06/2004 à 14:15 +0200, PUYDT Julien a écrit :
> > Le lun 28/06/2004 à 23:43, Christopher Warner a écrit :
> > > http://www.kernelcode.com/~zanee/gmdv.html
> > 
> > I like the fact that the icons have text nearby to say what they mean. 
> > 
> 
> Personally, I think that looks awful. If we want text in the toolbar
> then we have to go for an horizontal toolbar. But it is hard to keep a
> compact GUI in that case, and I have done my very best througout the
> years to keep a compact GUI.
> 
> Notice a few toolbar buttons will go away with the new "mode"-based UI
> in the next future. Perhaps we could totally remove the toolbar.
> 
> The question we have to ask ourselve is what buttons people use
> frequently :
> - text chat: probably, but will go away with the new modes
> - control panel: probably, but will go away with the new modes
> - address book: yes, I think so
> - video preview: yes, I think so
> - audio, video pause: no, I don't think so
> 
> However, I think a button is missing for the calls history. That's
> something that should be frequently used.
> 
> Notice that having text in the toolbars is discussed on the mailing list
> every 3 months or so since the project exists. My main worry about that
> is that it makes the UI look huge.
> 
> 
> > The "Connect" button probably belongs to the right of the address line,
> > not in the vertical toolbar.
> > 
> 
> I think the URL bar should stay where it is currently, and not go to the
> bottom. People are used to enter URL's at the top, not at the bottom.
> 
> > But I have to agree with Damien: won't scale in the future.
> > 
> > Snark
> > 
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