Re: [Ayatana] Instant-messaging as an indicator menu

2010-06-20 Thread Frederik Nnaji
Hi Mark, thanks for putting this vital point onto the discussion table ;) On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 14:15, Mark Shuttleworth wrote: > > I like the idea of rapid access to contacts, but how would we handle an > addressbook with 2,000 entries? > Travis Reitter of Collabora announced an initial rele

Re: [Ayatana] Instant-messaging as an indicator menu

2010-06-20 Thread Frederik Nnaji
Hi there again ;) On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 11:02, David Siegel wrote: > Nice mockup, Frederik -- keep playing with the idea, I think you could > be on to something. > > David Thanks again, David, for your encouragement, i continued flipping my thoughts on this.. Unfortunately, i see no way to av

Re: [Ayatana] Instant-messaging as an indicator menu

2010-05-17 Thread David Siegel
Nice mockup, Frederik -- keep playing with the idea, I think you could be on to something. David On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 4:02 AM, Frederik Nnaji wrote: > On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 23:43, Tyler Brainerd > wrote: >> >> I agree. Both gwibber and evolution suck hard, and the basic integration >> is s

Re: [Ayatana] Instant-messaging as an indicator menu

2010-05-15 Thread Tyler Brainerd
I agree. Both gwibber and evolution suck hard, and the basic integration is still weak across the desktop. I have to keep a browser open pointed at my email pages anyway, because the messenging menu and evolution are inconsistent at best. I have to manually check twitter because gwibber never tells

Re: [Ayatana] Instant-messaging as an indicator menu

2010-05-15 Thread Frederik Nnaji
The Social Desktop, nicely wrapped in a consistent and comfortable UI, will bring the Meercat into many a household! ;) Humans share their knowledge and skills in the Ubuntu community, why don't apps also behave like that? Something i can't stop reasoning about.. Yeah, we need to untangle Ubuntu's

Re: [Ayatana] Instant-messaging as an indicator menu

2010-05-14 Thread David Hamm
https://docs.google.com/drawings/edit?id=1jC_EV0X2GuZh15xN9QvmUzquK7EjqVkCbqgXbgEsYOY&hl=en Maybe this would be better then wave, :p wave is still to young. ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net Unsub

Re: [Ayatana] Instant-messaging as an indicator menu

2010-05-14 Thread Tyler Brainerd
however, its still totally unclear about whats going on. theres no text highlighting or anything. especially if the contact is offline, its very difficult to figure out whats going on. On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 9:47 AM, Remco wrote: > On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 18:35, Tyler Brainerd > wrote: > > "he

Re: [Ayatana] Instant-messaging as an indicator menu

2010-05-14 Thread Remco
On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 18:35, Tyler Brainerd wrote: > "he search only matches the beginning of entries. You can't type > "Doe" and expect to find John Doe. You have to start with "J"." > I just checked, it matches all cases, not just the beginning Hmm, my bad. I did actually check to make sure.

Re: [Ayatana] Instant-messaging as an indicator menu

2010-05-14 Thread Tyler Brainerd
:D On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 9:41 AM, David Hamm wrote: > https://wave.google.com/wave/waveref/googlewave.com/w+FogEP8aTA :p I > really gotta stop sending you personal messages Tyler. > ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : ayata

Re: [Ayatana] Instant-messaging as an indicator menu

2010-05-14 Thread David Hamm
https://wave.google.com/wave/waveref/googlewave.com/w+FogEP8aTA :p I really gotta stop sending you personal messages Tyler. ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ay

Re: [Ayatana] Instant-messaging as an indicator menu

2010-05-14 Thread Tyler Brainerd
"he search only matches the beginning of entries. You can't type "Doe" and expect to find John Doe. You have to start with "J"." I just checked, it matches all cases, not just the beginning On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 9:07 AM, Remco wrote: > On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 17:35, Jeremy Nickurak wrote: >

Re: [Ayatana] Instant-messaging as an indicator menu

2010-05-14 Thread Remco
On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 18:11, Jeremy Nickurak wrote: > On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 10:07, Remco wrote: >> >> In the Contact List of Empathy, if you start typing the name of the >> one you are looking for, a search box will appear. You'll end up >> selecting the entry. There are a number of problems

Re: [Ayatana] Instant-messaging as an indicator menu

2010-05-14 Thread Jeremy Nickurak
On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 10:07, Remco wrote: > In the Contact List of Empathy, if you start typing the name of the > one you are looking for, a search box will appear. You'll end up > selecting the entry. There are a number of problems with this: > Any reason this couldn't work with an indicator-

Re: [Ayatana] Instant-messaging as an indicator menu

2010-05-14 Thread Remco
On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 17:35, Jeremy Nickurak wrote: > How do you access an addressbook of 2,000 entries with a traditional window? > That seems like a daunting task by itself, so I'd be curious to know what > the strategy there is. In the Contact List of Empathy, if you start typing the name of

Re: [Ayatana] Instant-messaging as an indicator menu

2010-05-14 Thread David Hamm
Thanks Tyler! "I like the idea of rapid access to contacts, but how would we handle an address-book with 2,000 entries?" the same way android does! not readily done in a menu tho :p a filter could be added as well cus we got a keyboard. ___ Mailing lis

Re: [Ayatana] Instant-messaging as an indicator menu

2010-05-14 Thread Jeremy Nickurak
How do you access an addressbook of 2,000 entries with a traditional window? That seems like a daunting task by itself, so I'd be curious to know what the strategy there is. On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 06:15, Mark Shuttleworth wrote: > > I like the idea of rapid access to contacts, but how would we

Re: [Ayatana] Instant-messaging as an indicator menu

2010-05-14 Thread Tyler Brainerd
Or the best find-as-you-type that you can imagine. On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 6:48 AM, Tyler Brainerd wrote: > Favorites? Common groups? Most recent contacts, > > On May 14, 2010, at 5:15 AM, Mark Shuttleworth wrote: > > > > > I like the idea of rapid access to contacts, but how would we handle > >

Re: [Ayatana] Instant-messaging as an indicator menu

2010-05-14 Thread Tyler Brainerd
Favorites? Common groups? Most recent contacts, On May 14, 2010, at 5:15 AM, Mark Shuttleworth wrote: > > I like the idea of rapid access to contacts, but how would we handle > an > addressbook with 2,000 entries? > > ___ > Mailing list: https://launch

Re: [Ayatana] Instant-messaging as an indicator menu

2010-05-14 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
I like the idea of rapid access to contacts, but how would we handle an addressbook with 2,000 entries? signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net Uns

[Ayatana] Instant-messaging as an indicator menu

2010-05-13 Thread Jeremy Nickurak
We've been talking a bit about the advanced capabilities a volume-control indicator menu could have, and that's got me thinking a bit about how the empathy contact list works... We go to the indicator to open the contact list. We select items there, and interact a bit. Then (if you're like me) you