On 28/06/10 21:40, Apoorva Sharma wrote: > I really like the idea of having some sort of notification on a > successful broadcast from the memenu. However, I think that too much > color could be a problem. Thus, I propose the following: > > * After the user stops writing the message, a spinner fades in at > the right end of the textbox. > * If the message is successfully sent, the spinner fades out, a > check fades in, and after a while, the check fades out. > * If the message fails to be sent, then a red cross fades in in > place of the spinner, and doesn't fade out until the message is > sent. > * If it fails at first, but then works, the red x fades out, and > the check fades in. > > I think that this system would provide a minimalistic notification of > the broadcast, fitting in with the minimalistic style of the panel.
However, we want to preserve as many of the benefits of "menu" operation as possible. When you click on a menu item, or hit enter, *the menu disappears*. That makes them very lean to work with, because you don't have to act-then-dismiss, as you do with dialogs. In the tweet-from-me-menu case, we want to preserve that lightweight feeling. So, clicking on the me menu, typing your message, and pressing enter should *dismiss* the menu. But then we still want to provide some feedback on the success or failure of the tweet. Hence the desire for a spinny overlaid, followed by a green flash if it went well, and a persistent red hint if it did not. Mark
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