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Create a chat room and join a room are missing functionalities

Open arranger1044 opened this issue 13 years ago • 35 comments

In the Chat room List Window there are two blank toolbar item for creating a chat room and joining an already existing one but no functionality is linked to them in the code. A couple of icons would be necessary : )

arranger1044 avatar Jul 31 '11 06:07 arranger1044

I created the glue code to create/join a chat room from the UI. Icons still missing, any designer around? : )

arranger1044 avatar Jan 06 '12 12:01 arranger1044

No, but I can give it a try. Do you have anything in mind?

djbe avatar Jan 19 '12 09:01 djbe

maybe for the join chat room icon we can have a balloon (representing a chat room) with an arrow pointing to it (representing the act to enter), and for the create chat room icon a balloon with a plus sign in a corner.

arranger1044 avatar Jan 19 '12 09:01 arranger1044

In case you're wondering, I'll create them after wednesday (when my exams finish).

djbe avatar Jan 29 '12 20:01 djbe

There is no need to hurry David, real life always comes first! Moreover, you are already helping this project, I wish we were more people

arranger1044 avatar Jan 29 '12 20:01 arranger1044

I created one with a "+" in the corner, but that doesn't seem to fit IMO. If we look at the current icon set, to create a private chat, it's just a ballon (no +).

I've posted the icons here: http://imgur.com/a/N6F8h (newer iterations will also appear there).

I think the arrow needs a bit of adjusting, but what do you think? In essence, it's the same as the current chatroom toolbar icon (but bigger).

djbe avatar Feb 02 '12 21:02 djbe

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drvid avatar Feb 02 '12 21:02 drvid

You are right about creating a private chat icon, i suggest we can change it too (the simple chat icon is for...chat rooms), could you post the one with the plus?. About the arrow, what about moving it a bit on the right, coming from outside the balloon and entering it?

arranger1044 avatar Feb 02 '12 21:02 arranger1044

Hi drvid, your site seems unreachable for me atm, could you please use our newsletter or open another thread somewhere?

arranger1044 avatar Feb 02 '12 21:02 arranger1044

I was able to reach it somewhat using google cache: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:kyB5c23GTG0J:drvid.ca/words/2012/01/isoul-brings-soulseek-to-osx/+drvid+isoul&hl=en&client=safari&strip=1

I've added some updated icons to the gallery

On 02 Feb 2012, at 22:43, arranger1044 wrote:

Hi drvid, your site seems unreachable for me atm, could you please use our newsletter or open another thread somewhere?


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djbe avatar Feb 02 '12 22:02 djbe

Sorry my bad. I am kind of new to GitHub, where do you guys chat? The link should work now but yeah the jist of it is in that cached version.

drvid avatar Feb 02 '12 22:02 drvid

most of the discussions happen here, although I also created a google group for people who prefer to use that: http://groups.google.com/group/isoul-support

djbe avatar Feb 02 '12 23:02 djbe

I was thinking something a little more realtime and less public/permanent. Actually why don't we all just lurk and discuss in the #iSoul channel on Soulseek considering most of us are already there? Add me to your friends list in slsk, it makes the most sense to me since we can also talk to the other users in there too.

drvid avatar Feb 02 '12 23:02 drvid

not now for me, I'm going to sleep now (trip to Spain tomorrow morning = in a few hours).

djbe avatar Feb 02 '12 23:02 djbe

David, how about making the plus and the arrow bigger? Here is what I mean http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg830/scaled.php?server=830&filename=fotodel030212alle18112.jpg&res=medium, moreover we could make those artifacts the same color of the background balloon (with the same reflection style maybe?) By the way, at the moment simple icons for the autojoin, create chat, join chat, reload list are fine, whichever they are

arranger1044 avatar Feb 03 '12 17:02 arranger1044

Errr, to clarify: you want the plus and the arrow to be blue (gradient)? With a black border or without?

djbe avatar Feb 04 '12 19:02 djbe

It is just some proposal David : D, if we had a community we could make a poll. I'd like to see those without border and with the overlay effect. Thanks for your efforts, how did your exams go?

arranger1044 avatar Feb 04 '12 19:02 arranger1044

Dunno, okay I think, still waiting for the results (should be another week or more).

Uploaded some new versions, am I going in the right direction? bigger artifacts? changing gradient position/direction?

djbe avatar Feb 04 '12 20:02 djbe

The arrow seems fine to me, the plus sign shall be bigger instead (more or less the same size of the arrow) Il giorno 04/feb/2012, alle ore 21:35, David Jennes ha scritto:

Dunno, okay I think, still waiting for the results (should be another week or more).

Uploaded some new versions, am I going in the right direction? bigger artifacts? changing gradient position/direction?


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arranger1044 avatar Feb 04 '12 20:02 arranger1044

done

djbe avatar Feb 04 '12 20:02 djbe

I mean, each part of the cross shall be thicker, like in the image I uploaded (I hope I'm not going to make you crazy) Il giorno 04/feb/2012, alle ore 21:43, David Jennes ha scritto:

done


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arranger1044 avatar Feb 04 '12 20:02 arranger1044

That's as thick as it gets with normal fonts I think (also added a version with an ever bigger plus).

offtopic: I wonder why imgur creates such shitty thumbs for transparent pngs...

djbe avatar Feb 04 '12 21:02 djbe

Can't you create it as you created the arrow? using a font makes the edges thinner Btw, I'm thinking that maybe those images are a bit smaller for a toolbar item, well they'll be fine for now

Il giorno 04/feb/2012, alle ore 22:06, David Jennes ha scritto:

That's as thick as it gets with normal fonts I think (also added a version with an ever bigger plus).

offtopic: I wonder why imgur creates such shitty thumbs for transparent pngs...


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arranger1044 avatar Feb 04 '12 21:02 arranger1044

Actually the arrow is a special text symbol (using some font variation). Why make it difficult when it can be done easily :-D Anyway, new plus uploaded, I found a variation of the plus symbol with shorter (and thicker) bars.

djbe avatar Feb 05 '12 01:02 djbe

I guess we're done David, good job!

Il giorno 05/feb/2012, alle ore 02:31, David Jennes ha scritto:

Actually the arrow is a special text symbol (using some font variation). Why make it difficult when it can be done easily :-D Anyway, new plus uploaded, I found a variation of the plus symbol with shorter (and thicker) bars.


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arranger1044 avatar Feb 05 '12 06:02 arranger1044

Thx :-D

So, we're going with the last 2 right? Create Join

djbe avatar Feb 05 '12 13:02 djbe

Yep, I guess we can add a 'recycle-reload' double circular arrow for the reload chat list button, but for the autojoin? Il giorno 05/feb/2012, alle ore 14:41, David Jennes ha scritto:

Thx :-D

So, we're going with the last 2 right? http://i.imgur.com/zE2lg.png http://i.imgur.com/EvT6f.png


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arranger1044 avatar Feb 05 '12 19:02 arranger1044

Wait, what?

djbe avatar Feb 05 '12 22:02 djbe

My 2 cents: They look nice, I'd suggest the arrow and the plus symbol sit fully inside the white chat bubble, centered. This would be easier to read at a glance. If you need an icon for 'list chatrooms' you could follow suit with the 3 horizontal lines symbol (i forget it's name) inside the bubble.

drvid avatar Feb 06 '12 01:02 drvid

done, although the create icon looks a bit weird...

djbe avatar Feb 06 '12 15:02 djbe