GSoC project idea

[Conrad Poelman]

Abhinav,

If you make a permanent and major change to the window layout some users
won't like it. However, I think you could implement your proposal by adding
two Pidgin options:

1. *Show IMs and chats in main window*. There's already a *Show IMs and
chats in tabbed windows* option that puts the conversations into tabs on a
separate window, so if your new option is selected it would just put them
all in tabs to the right of the buddy list in the same window, as shown in
your diagram.

2. *Show search box in buddy list*, to optionally add your "Search name"
box.

I think "Picture" should be within the conversation tab instead of outside
of it as you've shown, since different tabs will be conversations with
different people. I don't imagine people will object to adding user
pictures when available or the "Search in Conversation" box at the top of
the conversations area because there's plenty of unused space there. Just
put the search box to the right of the Picture instead of below it so it
won't require additional space.

-- Conrad



On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 6:52 AM, ABHINAV MISRA <abhinavmisra919 at gmail.com>wrote:

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> [image: Inline image 1]Hi Mark,
>    Thank you for getting back to me. The major benefits of this design is
> that at present we have two windows for pidgin,i.e. one the buddy list and
> the other for chat conversation. This design will club those and make it
> one unit. Moreover, it will be implementing easy search for buddies and
> also for conversation. They just need to type above the respective
> categories to search. So this will give more easy access to search than
> present design. Secondly, there is no point in having two windows just for
> the same task. If u want to send message to some other person from the list
> then we need to see the buddy list again. In my design that wont be needed,
> user will have an option, whether he  wants to open another tab for the new
> conversation or not ( attached a new picture showing it). The status will
> be seen on the title bar. Like if I am chatting to a person from my gtalk
> list, then my Gtalk status will be shown on the title bar, if I switch to
> facebook friend then that particular status will be shown.
>   To prove my point further and add weight to it , I would like you to
> please refer to the Gmail "compose" option now. Earlier a new window use to
> open and then we wrote our mail there but now the design is much more
> appealing. My design is very compact, no extra detailing anywhere , just a
> window where you can manage all your accounts with full efficiency.
> Thinking all this I proposed this design.  This way we can give a very new
> touch to Pidgin. Please correct me if I am wrong anywhere.
>
> Thanking you,
>
> Regards,
> Abhinav Misra
>
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> On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 10:40 AM, Mark Doliner <mark at kingant.net> wrote:
>
>> Hi Abhinav Misra!  Thank you for your interest.  I'm curious... why do
>> you feel your design is more user-friendly and more appealing than the
>> current design?  I think I prefer the current design... though that
>> may be just because I'm used to it.  Your design doesn't seem bad to
>> me, but I imagine there would be some resistance from our users to a
>> change of this magnitude.  And so I guess I'm wondering what the major
>> benefits are of the redesigned layout.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Mark
>>
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