On 10/19/07, Bryan Copeland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > <RESENDING> > At the risk of getting flamed as a newbie here, just thought I'd > contribute my first suggestion for OpenMoko text/e-mail messaging. > > I've always desired a much more intuitive interface for accessing my > messages than what is currently provided by the standard list scheme. > Namely, I want to know which groups and which people are sending me the most > e-mail/SMS messages, and be able to assign priorities as I often don't have > time to answer all of my mail. Then, there is Spam & Junk Mail. Some of it I > like to read, I have my favorites like College Humor, discount offers, > contests and giveaways. > > What does everyone think of building upon the FOAF specs for a totally > visual representation. Picture the " They Rule > application<http://www.theyrule.net/2004/tr2.php> > "< http://www.theyrule.net/2004/tr2.php> as seen in the attachment. You > only need to add numbers to each person designating the number of unread > emails in your inbox. Actually, you could display any number by switching > one setting ("View by Read", "View by Unread", or "View by Importance"). > Also, this could get people into using the "Importance settings" that so > often get neglected in the flat lists of Microsoft Outlook and other similar > mail apps. > > Anyway, that's just a thought... but again, screen size may be an issue as > the network or I should say "Address Book" grows to an unmanageable numbers. > But that could potentially be countered by placing people in groups (like by > business, school, etc...) > > Bryan Copeland
Howdy, I'm sorry if this sounds stupid, but I'm completely confused by what you are trying to say. I think what you are trying to say is that you want a picture for an "inbox" that shows the people and the number of messages from them? Am I getting the general gist right here? That sounds like a fine idea for email, but I'm not sure how that works for text messaging. I can't vouch for anyone else else, but I have 4 basic groups of people in my address book: Work, Family, Friends, Companies. The only group I text message with at all, is my Friends. So for me, having a "group" view wouldn't do me much good, because all the messages are from the same group. Also at the same time, I don't have that many text messages that I can't read them all. I suppose having an "importance" filter isn't a half bad idea, for those that do get lots of text messages. So maybe if you explain your concept a little better from your personal usage of text messaging, and how you see this "Graphical representation" helping you use text messages more intuitively/efficiently? For example your attached picture (which I might add is a bit large, maybe a PNG/JPG/GIF next time?) shows links to Merrill Lynch and AT&T Wireless. Do you regularly communicate with these groups (via Text messaging)? Maybe you might consider throwing something together in paint/gimp/photoshop that is based on your personal experiences? That way you can better explain it. -Jon PS. I'm not trying to harsh your work here or anything, or "flame" you for being a newbie (alot of us are newbies - heck I've only been writing on this list for 3 days). Everyones suggestions are good. You've suggested a concept that I'd never even considered, I'm simply just trying to understand your usage of it.
