On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 6:18 PM, Ethan Jewett <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > In my quest to switch all timelines over to the standard format (with comet > support), I am now looking at doing the user page next. Example page: > http://esmecloudserverapache.dickhirsch.staxapps.net/user/h (Can't use mine > as an example because my timeline is blank, as usual.)
No idea why it it is still blank > > This page is actually a little bit of an annoyance because it has two > timelines on it. Also, the tab display is going to be trouble. I've been > thinking about it a bit and come to the following conclusions: > > 1. We need to display both the contacts and a timeline on this page, so the > tab display probably needs to stay, at least for now. I might think of changing the UI though - the distinction between followers / followed is pretty primitive > > 2. I'm not sure why we need the "Timeline" tab at all. Is it useful for > others to be able to see (sort of) the timeline display that another user > sees? I say "sort of" because you can't see messages that are in a pool you > have access to. Twitter only displays the equivalent of the "Messages" tab, > which I do see as very useful for making a follow/unfollow decision. I'm > thinking about dropping the "Timeline" tab. I agree - let's drop it. > > 3. We need to clean up the header. Maybe so it just says something like > "Dick Hirsch - 'h'" in this example. We should also add the profile picture, > probably to the left of the name. The profile picture is actually there - (look at the code or look at the pager in IE7) but is broken. I had a problem in lift where I couldn't figure out to get it to work > > 4. I am thinking I will not want to put a message input box on this page, as > it is not a pure timeline display, so it could be very confusing to users. Agreed - no input box - although what happens if I want a message the user that I am currently looking at. The "@user" could be added automatically > > What do you all think? Do we need to keep the "Timeline" tab? Does anyone > have anything else planned for this page that I should take into account? > > Ethan >
