Switch to (intermeddiate) call view with media settings instead of a modal dialog on starting/joining a call

[ShGKme]

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Feature request

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

• Starting a call requires 2 actions: Start/Join + Confirm, on the media settings dialog
• The dialog is modal, blocking the user flow. For example, from reading the chat
• In general looks very chat-first, with less call-experience
• Also good for lobby/guests

Describe the solution you'd like

• Starting/Joining a call immediately switches to the call view (without actually staring/joining any call)
  • Navigation is collapsed
  • Chat is moved to the sidebar
  • Everything looks like "Waiting for others to join a call", but with the media settings instead
• During the call, media settings are integrated into the controls
  • See also: https://github.com/nextcloud/spreed/issues/15025
• Media settings dialog still exists as the current dialog for Talk Settings and Dashboard

Very quickly created draft:

[nickvergessen]

• Merge Name popup with media settings
• Automatically show call-view when a call is going on (at least for guests)
• Consider https://github.com/nextcloud/spreed/issues/13811 ?

@Antreesy do you recall more of the "guests" part?

[nimishavijay]

Along with https://github.com/nextcloud/spreed/pull/15437#pullrequestreview-2978803007 if we move the device checker into the main content we get something like this:

In the screenshot you posted there was already the half transparent background, with that the best visuals I can get look like this:

I prefer the first one because it looks more seamless.

[nickvergessen]

But the next screen you'll see is the call view which is the second screenshot? If you end up there as a guest you 90% never saw anything else of Nextcloud, so not sure what "seamless" is refering to :P

[nimishavijay]

Yeah the first one is seamless when you go from the chat to this screen, and the second one is seamless when you go from this screen to the call :)

I'm not opposed to the second one but I prefer the first one as I feel it provides a good middle ground without directly feeling like you're in the call as soon as you click join.

[ShGKme]

The goal is to make it seamless from checking your devices to be connected in an active call. So when you press "Join" it already looks like a call view.

[jancborchardt]

Would agree with @nickvergessen and @ShGKme that the second one looks more seamless (to go from the modal to call). Only thing I was confused about is the modal being dark mode while the right sidebar is light.