Where is the add contacts button?

[deavmi]

I can longer find the button to add contacts in EnsiChat.

[Nutomic]

You can view your connections (and add them as contacts) if you click on the "x Connections". Do you think that should be clarified somehow?

And I will add the button back in with a different functionality as described in #36.

[deavmi]

It would make more sense to have the add contacts page accessible via an "Add contacts" button in the main menu.

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On Sep 26, 2015, at 7:19 PM, Felix Ableitner notifications@github.com wrote:

You can view your connections (and add them as contacts) if you click on the "x Connections". Do you think that should be clarified somehow?

And I will add the button back in with a different functionality as described in #36.

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[Nutomic]

Hm, the thing is it's not really an "add contacts" screen, it's actually "list connections" (with an option to add them as contacts).

[deavmi]

Oh I see. What about having two separate screens. One or contacts to add and one for contacts added (MainActivity)

[deavmi]

Or display who are friends with a tag next to the contact.

[Nutomic]

That's how it currently is (basically): MainActivity shows contacts, and clicking on connections shows connected devices.

[deavmi]

Well you could show all contacts not in the added contacts database and then allow the user to add them.

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On Sep 29, 2015, at 10:16 PM, Felix Ableitner notifications@github.com wrote:

Hm, the thing is it's not really an "add contacts" screen, it's actually "list connections" (with an option to add them as contacts).

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[Nutomic]

I'm not sure what you mean, can you clarify this?

[deavmi]

Like, have MainActivity show only added contacts and then have an Add COntacts page which shows contacts not added that it has found whilst doing a Bluetooth scan.

[Nutomic]

That's exactly how it works right now. Contacts to add being shown when you click on "Connections" in the Actionbar.

[deavmi]

Oh okay. I thought it would be unclear that one would have to tap the connections button to add contacts.

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On Oct 1, 2015, at 1:55 PM, Felix Ableitner notifications@github.com wrote:

That's exactly how it works right now. Contacts to add being shown when you click on "Connections" in the Actionbar.

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[Quiark]

Now it's totally unclear how to connect with someone. I had to google here to find that I have to click on the titlebar.

[deavmi]

Now it's totally unclear how to connect with someone. I had to google here to find that I have to click on the titlebar.

I felt the same way.

[Nutomic]

Do you guys have a different idea how to show this? I think it's useful to show the number of connections, and I can't think of another place for that. And I think it makes sense to add contacts from the list of connections (at least once you know it).

That said, I'm totally open for suggestions, I just can't think of anything better.

[Quiark]

Just add the material style big + button. Or a menu item. It's not clear that you can click on the number of connections.

On Thu, 3 Dec 2015 21:39 Felix Ableitner notifications@github.com wrote:

Do you guys have a different idea how to show this? I think it's useful to show the number of connections, and I can't think of another place for that. And I think it makes sense to add contacts from the list of connections (at least once you know it).

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[deavmi]

The plus button could work. The cross. :)

[Nutomic]

I just don't like that there would be two buttons for the same action. But it does seem to be the best solution.

[Quiark]

That's exactly the kind of programmer thinking that leads to bad UX :)

On Fri, 4 Dec 2015 00:32 Felix Ableitner notifications@github.com wrote:

I just don't like that there would be two buttons for the same action. But it does seem to be the best solution.

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[Nutomic]

Maybe you're right :D

[deavmi]

Yay! :) thanks @Nutomic