In summary, a button for rolling up and hiding the inline image, in case it is a distraction to the message box, and a cross button to discard the image completely. So maybe the bar shouldn't be green until the image is saved:Īlso had some ideas for little features which could increase user experience for inline images, which would be more than what uTox does: Alternatively, images could be considered part of history and stored in a subdirectory of the qTox database, and encrypted with the qTox profile password. Notice that, just like uTox, the bar says "Click to save", meaning the image would remain in memory until explicitly saved (same thing as uTox does). UTox has a small gap between the image and the file transfer bar, maybe that would look better: I have created mockups of how this feature could look like (for more versions, feature ideas, and explanations, see below): This is at least what I think would be ideal, but making the screenshot tool and pasted images work uTox-style as raisingw mentioned would already increase usability a lot. uTox seems to already do this for its inline images: The only problem seems to be making sure it is actually an image being sent and not some other type of file regardless of its extension. The other part is probably simply making images transfer automatically (if the option mentioned earlier is enabled) without having to enable automatic file transfers for every file, and then storing them in memory (or a temporary folder that is treated the same as the user's history). The preview could simply be moved from the file transfer widget to the chatbox. Since there is already code for the preview of downloaded images ( ), this should not be too hard to implement. Ideally, it would be an option that can be enabled or disabled in the settings, and maybe on a friend by friend basis like in the case of automatic file transfers. I also think the image should show inline for every image sent, not only images sent using the qTox screenshot tool. Having to click and save the image every time and then hover over it or view it elsewhere is inconvenient for most people, which is why I think this is one of the features needed for Tox to become more popular. Most if not all major instant messaging platforms support this, as it is very common for people to share images in conversations without the assumption of saving them. In my opinion this is an important feature. Nobody will switch to Tox when the audio/video quality is not at least 90% of what you get with Skype.I agree. I can use Skype even with a GPRS/EDGE connection and it works (yes, audio is bad BUT still understand able). ![]() ![]() That is what makes Skype calls so much better under non-perfect (real world) condition. Working adaptive bit rate is the killer feature of Skype over SIP. Tox/qTox is not using any adaptive audio/video bit rate. I found out why tox audio quality is so bad compared to Skype. I monitor my bandwidth usage in real time I know what's available. I REALLY want use Tox (qTox/uTox) as my main VoIP program and switch all my peers to it.īut my (domestic, broadband broadband ) voice calls are disappointing. I saw a lot of improvements over this time. I am a VoIP (Skype, SIP, flash) user since more than 11 years (starting with the first Skype release).
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