Multi-account support: Messages screen

[manuroe]

What is the design of Messages screen in case of multiple accounts?
For example, how to handle Favourites section?

[giomfo]

We would like a proposal for handling multiple accounts display in Messages screen.

• How to display the favorite rooms?
• Shall we interleave or separate rooms joined by different accounts?
• How to handle rooms joined by several logged in accounts?

For example, in our first implemented application, we interleaved the rooms and used a color indicator

[antikewl]

I'd suggest a slightly softer approach where it behaves a little more iOS Mail: You can choose to toggle users on and off in settings, and can switch between active profiles from your avatar.

Menu indicator next to avatar: https://zpl.io/1zquHh
Tapping menu opens profile switcher: https://zpl.io/1L8dc9
If a profile isn't a member of a room or doesn't have rights: https://zpl.io/Zfj354

We should also include a settings shortcut button on this menu where the user can turn on/off profiles and edit their settings.

[giomfo]

Thanks Trevor for these designs relative to the chat screen. Could you please provide a design for the Messages screen (the main UI)?

Amandine, Matthew, could you please provide a feedback on the suggested profile switcher in chat screen: https://zpl.io/1L8dc9? Personally, I'm disturbed by the display in full width of the sheet.

[ara4n]

I'm happy with the sender-switcher UI, unless it's particularly problematic to implement (in terms of shrinking the background colour). The idiom works well in something like Twitter - see attached:

[AmandineLP]

Thanks for the proposal. I like the profile switcher and the idea of clicking on one's avatar to change the sender's identity.
However I'm not a huge fan of the chevron itself, next to the avatar on https://zpl.io/1zquHh

[antikewl]

Instagram also uses this interaction successfully.

The intention was that the chevron would only appear if you have more than one account. It also serves as an indicator that there is a menu under the icon.

Example of thinned chevron/indicator before we ditch it entirely. https://zpl.io/2gAypg

[giomfo]

To sum up we agree with the sheet in full width to select profile.
The opened discussion is on the green chevron displayed on avatar in case of multiple account.
Amandine, could you please detail here your point of view on this topic?

[AmandineLP]

it just doesn't jump out as showing we can click on the avatar for me. the new option (below the avatar and thiner) is a bit better. @ara4n wdyt?

[ShadowJonathan]

This issue could probably just be deduplicated to #315, as most design processes are internal nowadays.

[pixlwave]

Closing this as stale in favour of #315.