GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 631945
[design] Show a conversation history view
Last modified: 2018-05-22 14:23:36 UTC
We discussed this a few times but I don't think we ever filed a bug... For the way empathy integrates into the GNOME 3 shell I'd like to see it offer a conversation view by default. Something like: http://pdadb.net/img/os/webos_1.0/Palm_webOS_MessagingInbox.jpg "Conversations" are a user concept that span protocols. So, if I'm chatting with someone over sms, or video and then later switch to jabber they will appear as part of the same stream of conversation with the individual (or group).
How would you display this "conversation" pane? In a tab like in the screenshot? That doesn't sound very GNOMEish to me. In a separated application?
One basic idea here is that in a multi-protocol messaging system the online state isn't as central as it once was in IM only clients. If I want to continue a conversation over sms or email or whatever the online buddy list isn't so helpful. Also the online buddy list these days is often so huge (especially with facebook integration) that it isn't as useful as it could be. I'd like to try to mockup something that shows the conversation history as the primary focus of the window and maybe shows a few online contacts in a sidebar type thing. Needs to be mocked up...
Interesting. Note that we were also considering to display "in some way" the most recent contacts and the one you talk most (we are adding API in the logger for that). That's probably worth keeping it in mind when you'll do your mockup.
Recent you get for free in a time ordered history. And frequent in a way too because the likelyhood is that it will also be recent.
Not going to happen for 3.0.
This could be done by the hypothetic Conversation app we discussed during the hackfest: http://live.gnome.org/Hackfests/IMContacts Social2011/Tasks/ConversationDesignBrainstorming
Could get bug #599184 solved with this interface, I think.
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