Re: [GnomeMeeting-devel-list] Ideas for a new GUI

[Julien PUYDT <jpuydt free fr>]

Damien Sandras a écrit :

> I will separate the text chat part from the main GUI, because it will be
> possible to send text messages even to people with who you are not in
> audio/video calls, thanks to SIP. It will also permit to have a
> resizable window for it, which is more convenient.
>  
Does that mean some kind of support for several "calls" ?

> - sliders to adjust the audio / video settings
>
> I had the idea to do something like Skype : everything in tabs. But that
> is not very convenient. For example, imagine that you have a video
> answering machine, and want to consult your video&voicemails. You will
> need access to the dialpad (to navigate through the menus and mails),
> and to the video (to watch the messages). Skype-like UI's do not allow
> that, and having to switch between tabs is ... boring.
>  
Everything in tabs is bad, I think (yes, I changed my mind since we last 
discussed it ;-) ). One should put in tabs only things that are fully 
separate and not much used.

> On the other side, having the big GnomeMeeting logo displayed all the
> time, even when there is no call, or when it is a voice-only call means
> wasted space.
>
> We have thus 3 possibilities :
>  
If the dialpad is to be used in calls, it should come with everything 
about the call.

My proposition is the following: let's put everything about a call in 
the same window:
* its video ;
* the sound settings ;
* the text chat with that contact ;
* the button to end the call ;
* the button to forward the call ;
* the button to put the call on hold ;
* a dialpad ;
* etc

I don't think it would be sane to have actions on a call that are 
available only in another window. And I don't think it would be sane 
either to put informations about the same call (video, dialpad, text 
chat) in separate windows.

Snark

PS: can't we make a distinction between the dialpad used to dial, which 
could go in the main window, and the dialpad used to choose, which is 
used while in a call to make choices, and could go in the call window?