Activity Feed: Create mockups for every activity example

[RitaOak]

The /dashboard and /group pages each are structured to display an activity feed that includes several types of files and user activity items. So far, we have the following (non-exhaustive) list of activities:

• File (.doc, .docx, .jpg, .png, .pdf)*
• Link
• Discussion
• Folder (Label)
• Group
• Meeting
• Etherpad
• Ethercalc

*most common type of activity. Contains a small display of the content inside.

To be better understand how these should behave, we need to create a series of mockups to analyse dynamic behaviour and put them up for review.

UPDATE:

Some details we need to take care of:

• Redimension the thumbnails properly
• Give them a banner or some kind of overlay with extra information:
  • Type of content (link, folder, document, etc)
  • Visibility
• Visibility needs to be given a visual representation (similar to the one OAE has right now) for public, private and loggedin
• The text currently does not respect the boundaries of the div it's put into

[RitaOak]

Dashboard v3

This version of the dashboard has a few problems with the display of activity, as it only shows the most common type of user activities (upload file [.pdf and .jpg]). The updated version will fix this and show different templates for activity web components - such as those mentioned in the previous post.

Update soon.

[RitaOak]

From my analysis so far, we will have two different main groups of activities, each with a subgroup.

The first group activity happens when the [user] uploads a:

• file
• image (.png, .jpg)

An activity can contain a text field by the [user] or none at all.

Other users can comment on the activity (depending on privacy permissions).

Files and images can be downloaded from the activity.

The above prototype is an example of a [user] uploads file activity, with and without a text field - but no comments. Changes may be introduced so that it takes up even less space in the interface.

[RitaOak]

A more compact example of the same activity feed item.

A possible approach for the compact version removes unnecessary icons and focuses on the main content.