On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 9:34 AM, Ethan Jewett <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 9:21 AM, Richard Hirsch <[email protected]>wrote: >> >> >> But don't you think moving the update box to the main template would >> eat up space? >> > > Yes, exactly. This is why I'm proposing changing the form-factor of the > update box when we do this, or going with something different entirely, like > you talk about below. > > >> I'd like more of an inline update box like that from twitter rather >> than from seesmic web. >> > > I think there is definitely an argument to be made here. Now that the > templates have been refactored, it would not be difficult to put the update > box inline on the tag and conversation pages. So maybe that is a good first > step? > > The question is - does the behavior change on those pages, because if it is > inline I think users will expect to automatically post with a tag or in a > conversation, depending on the context. If we do something more like > Streamie or Seesmic (where the update box is clearly part of the header and > not the timeline), then it is clear that the update box always works the > same no matter where you are, and if you want to use a tag or do a reply > then it is up to you (the user) to do that.
Like the idea of adding tags automatically or automatically adding the message to conversation. > > >> > >> > 1. Have something like Twitter.com's new interface where there is always >> a >> > small text box displayed and clicking on it expands to a full >> message-input >> > interface. >> > >> > 2. Have something like streamie.org's interface where the message-input >> area >> > slides down from the header upon request (thought I think if we do this >> we >> > should make it more "in your face" than Streamie's implementation). >> >> Could we "borrow" that CSS code from streamie? >> > > Streamie is under a BSD license, so I think the answer is yes, though we > might have to put something in our NOTICE file. Not sure. > > If we decide to go the Streamie route (slide out update box), then I think > it will be easier to redo it ourselves. We can use the Streamie CSS and > Javascript as an example, but I think in the end we'll want to use JQuery > animations because they work cross-browser. I'm not sure what Ube used in > Streamie. > > Ethan >
