Bug 12455 – Miniature chat area use is not obvious

Bug 12455 - Miniature chat area use is not obvious


Summary:	Miniature chat area use is not obvious

Status:	VERIFIED FIXED

Product:	Miniature
Component:	UI
Version:	master
Platform:	All All

Importance:	High enhancement (vote)
Target Milestone:	0.5
Assigned To:	unassigned
QA Contact:	general

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Reported:	2011-10-08 01:11 UTC by Quim Gil
Modified:	2011-10-18 08:55 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Quim Gil (reporter) 2011-10-08 01:11:53 UTC

SOFTWARE VERSION: 
master

Feedback in Nokia Store:

> Nice chat is included...
> by Eppukoo on a Nokia N9 20 days ago
> ... but operating instructions would be needed.

Currently the chat area is a dark grey rectangle. Once you see text there or
once you know you can tap it the purpose is obvious, but we need to guide new
users through this first simple step.

Comment 1 Michael Hasselmann 2011-10-08 03:03:53 UTC

We will put a text prompt there "Touch this text to write a message" or so. I
leave the proper wording to you, Quim.

Once the chat area is touched & expands, prompt disappears. It appears again
when chat log is empty, say, when a new game is started. As such, I would
propose to tune down the font color a notch or two, as to make it look "weaker"
than normal chat.

Comment 2 Quim Gil (reporter) 2011-10-08 10:12:54 UTC

What about inserting all the strings shown in the chat area to the model? It
simpler and does the trick. For example, this is the text that the local side
would see when started a game:

Tap this area to chat with your opponent.

Comment 3 Quim Gil (reporter) 2011-10-10 22:15:34 UTC

Bah, I decided to resolve this in the UI only since there was a simple
solution:

http://gitorious.org/miniature/miniature/commit/a0a5cd3a414691621b254433174d508b6b268adf

"Tap to chat" text appears while there are no chat messages. It
disappears as soon as the local or remote side post something.