Roster and Chats list should look more similar about jabbercat

[ge0rg]

That sounds like a sensible proposal. Some minor points:

• I think that having a red bubble on roster items, with the unread-count inside, is a good UX
• you might want to show name, beginning of the last message, timestamp, unread-count in the chats list
• switching from chats list to roster list when focusing the search bar sounds like a nice idea.

[horazont]

So, first of all, yes, the conversation list needs some polishing.

However, I actually want to include different information there. For example, I’d like to show the number of unread messages (which doesn’t really make sense in the roster) as well as the timestamp of the last message (think "N minutes ago at HH:MM"). I’m also not sure including the tags or JID makes sense there.

If you think the two lists are redundant and should be merged, #14 is for you, please comment there (I’ll post some notes on that over there on that topic).

I think they serve slightly different purposes and that having them show slightly different information makes sense.

To make the UI less redundant, I’m planning to hide the roster by default and make it only visible via:

1. a separate button or
2. when the search box receives focus via mouse or shortcut (not via Tab) or
3. when the first character is typed into the search box or
4. when no conversations are open.

[horazont]

Part of this has been implemented. Enough for me to take it off the milestone.