Ideas
Combine messages together inside a conversation
Hello,
As I've observed, there are two "styles" to message-based conversations. Some people like to create long messages that are well sent as big, contiguous things. Others prefer a more casual style of SMS-like rapid-fire smaller messages. One good solution I've seen for this is the combination of messages from one person, interrupted only by the other person or a sufficient time gate.
I think it would be cool to see this grouping in the FN Message center, partially because each "Sent from" header takes up so much space, and then also because of the way individual messages each register in the Notification system. To be inundated with 10+ messages only to find out it was the next link in a conversational chain is a bit misleading, at least to whatever modern notion of Messages I've gained thanks to the likes of Twitter, Facebook, etc.
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Answer
We appreciate the suggestion. I think this comes down to a matter of opinion; I would prefer to have it display the number of messages sent. From what I know, the majority of conversation tools does that, as well.
The design aspect could be aesthetically pleasing, but it would be a large amount of work for something that has minimal benefits. For now, we won't plan to implement that design.
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We appreciate the suggestion. I think this comes down to a matter of opinion; I would prefer to have it display the number of messages sent. From what I know, the majority of conversation tools does that, as well.
The design aspect could be aesthetically pleasing, but it would be a large amount of work for something that has minimal benefits. For now, we won't plan to implement that design.