Move sender's name outside text box

[Dimi20cen]

• Remove the logic that places sender's name inside TextBox
• Modify the add_text method in ChatBox to place sender's name label above the message bubble

@chimosky @sourabhaa

[chimosky]

Tested 1cf02cc, looks fine with me.

@quozl can you test?

[quozl]

Haven't had a moment to test. But reviewing the commit message and changes, I don't understand why the change is being made. Could that be better explained please?

[quozl]

https://help.sugarlabs.org/en/chat.html will also need changing?

[Dimi20cen]

Could that be better explained please?

Sure, moving the sender's name outside of the text box could improve readability and user experience. By isolating the message content, users may find it easier to focus on the textmessage itself.

[quozl]

I note could and may. I don't see how it could improve readability and user experience, or why we would want children to focus on the text message to the exclusion of the identity of the sender. Nice ideas, but have you any proof?

[Dimi20cen]

Thank you for bringing up these concerns. My rationale is as follow.

By separating the sender's name from the message box, the interface becomes more straightforward and easier for children to digest each component—namely who sent the message and what the message says. However, I appreciate the concern about the importance of the sender's identity. The change does not obscure or minimize who the sender is but as I previously mentioned aims to visually separate the sender's information to make the overall chat easier to follow.

Most chat platforms do seperate the name from the actual message and that the base for my idea. That said, sadly, I don't have a study to provide proof.

[quozl]

Can you show me what it looks like before and after? Any new separation consumes display space that would otherwise be used for conversation. The app was originally designed for 1200x900 pixel display.

[Dimi20cen]

Yep that's the before

and that's the after

[quozl]

Thanks. Your proposal consumes valuable vertical space. The colour of the bubble already conveys identity through the Sugar user colour settings, which can be customised by the child. In large chat groups, with a whole class participating, the colour will be the primary means of identification, followed by the bold child nickname, also customisable. Since what the child sets their nickname to is another form of communication, it should be correctly highlighted by the colour. Okay?

[Dimi20cen]

Sure, no worries, I kind of overlooked the function of colour as a means of identification