shift/feedback.md

0.1 feedback

• didn't know we were in space and hester was on earth
• not obvious that needed to click the send button (clicking message bar does nothing)
• start messages just about the message bar
• messages look a bit uggy
• out-of-order messages would be cool
• this could synergise extremely well with ai
• very tiny mobile interface

(internal)

• refactor messages, message index - shit is way confusing. we should instead start from a list of message objects and generate the conversation DOM from that, instead of searching through it all the time.

0.2

personal notes

a new conversation, this time with someone on the ship. they want you to come and do something - you complain, but eventually concede, where the conversation ends

• tutorialisation

  • add a 'help' or 'information' thing to explain how light lag works
    • in simple terms - not everyone is a physicist!

• styling and layout

  • add ballad branding
  • refine the message styling to be less uggy
  • redesign progress bar - different lengths for different messages is confusing
  • header should remain fixed to top of screen
  • [bug] messages appear on top of typing indicator
  • multiline message should stay the same distance apart from one another instead of having a constant difference between
  • elements

• conversations

  • add more
    • selection sidebar
    • update page title with name of current conversation
    • notifications should count all conversations
    • multiple light lags
  • add replies!
  • behaviour
    • messages could be read without the other person replying
    • the other person could start typing a message and stop at any time
    • clicking/tapping on the input field should send the message, if there is one to send
    • pressing enter should send the message, if there is one to send
    • [debugging] waiting for stuff takes ages, it should be easy to set all delays to zero and be able to rapidly spam through a conversation
    • start conversations several messages in