Contact info images

Hello everyone,

I'm trying to finalize a first solid version of contact
information and 
I was hoping for opinions on where contact images should go.
In case you 
either didn't run the code I sent out earlier, to give a
basic sense of 
what it looks like, there's a JList on the left side of a
frame showing 
all subcontacts of the contact in question, and on the ride
there is a 
tabbed pane that contains a summary of the subcontacts
information as 
well as an extended view that displays all details.

Originally, the subcontact's image was going to be displayed
in the top 
left position of the summary tab, but I was wondering what
people 
thought of a slightly different style. I thought it might be
nice to put 
the image above the JList so that it is in view at all
times, regardless 
of what portion of the tabs the user is looking at. The two
problems 
with this are that it will decrease the amount of space
available to 
list subcontacts, and it might look strange if you are
switching between 
subcontacts that do and don't have images available. The
second issue 
can probably be solved by just sticking in a set image if
none is 
available, like an SC logo or something like that. The other
problem is 
more subjective and so is how aesthetically pleasing the
layout would 
look. If anyone has any thoughts, I'd very much like to hear
them. Thank 
you very much 

Adam

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Hi Adam,

I personally prefer the solution where all information
related to the  
contact (included the picture) are in the tabbed pane. For 

consistency, I don't think that splitting information for
the same  
contact in 2 different spaces is a good idea.

But, as you proposed, displaying a default picture when none
are  
available is a good idea.

Cheers,
romain

On 2007/07/19, at 2:11, Adam Goldstein wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> I'm trying to finalize a first solid version of contact
information  
> and I was hoping for opinions on where contact images
should go. In  
> case you either didn't run the code I sent out earlier,
to give a  
> basic sense of what it looks like, there's a JList on
the left side  
> of a frame showing all subcontacts of the contact in
question, and  
> on the ride there is a tabbed pane that contains a
summary of the  
> subcontacts information as well as an extended view
that displays  
> all details.
>
> Originally, the subcontact's image was going to be
displayed in the  
> top left position of the summary tab, but I was
wondering what  
> people thought of a slightly different style. I thought
it might be  
> nice to put the image above the JList so that it is in
view at all  
> times, regardless of what portion of the tabs the user
is looking  
> at. The two problems with this are that it will
decrease the amount  
> of space available to list subcontacts, and it might
look strange  
> if you are switching between subcontacts that do and
don't have  
> images available. The second issue can probably be
solved by just  
> sticking in a set image if none is available, like an
SC logo or  
> something like that. The other problem is more
subjective and so is  
> how aesthetically pleasing the layout would look. If
anyone has any  
> thoughts, I'd very much like to hear them. Thank you
very much 
>
> Adam
>
>
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