Re: [GnomeMeeting-list] Ideas for a new GUI

[Damien Sandras <dsandras seconix com>]

Le lundi 18 avril 2005 à 03:13 +0200, Mourad De Clerck a écrit :
> On Sunday 17 April 2005 20.46, Damien Sandras wrote:
> > We have thus 3 possibilities :
> > 1) display video when required, in a separate window. Keep the dialpad
> > in the main window.
> > 2) display video when required, but keep it in the main window, next
> > to OR above the dialpad (very similar to what we have now, except that
> > the video part wouldn't always be shown).
> > 3) always display the video window. Display the dialpad in a separate
> > window.
> 
> 
> My personal preference is an UI that's as minimal as possible. Ideally,
> I'd like to use GM in the following way:
> - I open my Gossip buddy list, or use the contact-lookup-applet, or any
> other means to find a person.
> - I choose to call the person in question, at which point some
> notifications about the progress of the call appear in a non-obtrusive
> way (By this I mean non-modal notifications without actually showing
> GM's main UI, for instance like:
> http://nat.org/2004/september/gnome-notification-timeout-colorshade-anim.gif )
> - if the other side has video support, it displays it in a separate
> window, always on top.
> - only if I need to tweak settings/use the dialpad would I want to open
> GM's main UI.
> 
> 
> So in short, I'd love GM to be as invisible as possible, unless I need
> to tweak audio/video support, want to see statistics, troubleshoot the
> conection etc. I guess this fits with your possibility 1).

That will be possible whatever design we chose, don't worry :)
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