807782 - Writing a text message, then selecting a contact to send it to, does not make it clear how to actually send the message

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Firefox OS Graveyard :: Gaia::Contacts, defect, P1)

Description

[Benoit Jacob [:bjacob] (mostly away)]

STR:

 - on home screen, click the second icon at bottom, for text messaging
 - compose your text message
 - click top-right 'person' icon to select a contact to send it to
 - select a contact
 - now you land on that contact's details page. There is no clear button to say "OK, that's the contact I want to send that to. Now go send it!"
 - to make things more confusing, there is an icon in the top-right corner that looks like a pen writing a letter. I thought it would be the "send message" button. But it only takes me to the page to edit this contact.

Comment 1

[Josh Carpenter [:jcarpenter]]

Blocking-. Good usability feedback, Benoit. This is something we will monitor. Sounds like this may also be related to a bug.

Comment 2

[Mike Connor [:mconnor]]

We're not able to reproduce this, as tapping the contact should take you back to the compose screen.  Can you retry in current builds?

Comment 3

[Benoit Jacob [:bjacob] (mostly away)]

I'll retry as soon as I get an update for my unagi.

Comment 4

[Kevin Grandon :kgrandon]

I just took a look at this one, and while it does appear to work, it is a bit cludgy. I think this screen could definitely be improved, and here's a few of my thoughts:

1 - Tapping the contact takes you right into the message thread with that contact. This pattern this leaves no way for multi-recipient messages in the future. I think waiting until after the message is sent to take you to the thread might be better.

2 - As you are now inside of a message thread, there is no way to delete the previously chosen contact.

3 - Focus is not applied to the message field on load after tapping on a contact.

Comment 5

[David Scravaglieri [:scravag]]

Josh do you think we should change something in a UX point of view ?

Comment 6

[ayman maat :maat]

ok so, we have this problem because the implementation does not follow the specifications:

referencing wireframes: HTML5_SMS_20120810_R2S1_V7.0

(https://www.dropbox.com/sh/iz77fgagyd3pb7w/g78AmVFmnc)

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1) The contact list when launched from the SMS app should not display the add contacts icon or the settings icon in the top right hand corner.


2) upon tap on a contact
- If a contact within the contact list has only one phone number irrespective of ‘type ’of phone number
	- clicking the contact in the contact list returns user immediately to the message thread with the contacts name populating the ‘To’ field.
- If a contact has more than one phone number irrespective of ‘type ’of phone number
	- clicking the contact in the contact list opens wireframe ‘SMS : contact list phone numbers’ (page 12 of same document)
- If a contact within the contact list does not have a phone number
	- dialogue informing the user that there is no phone number is opened. 


Let me know if you require any more clarification

Comment 7

[Dietrich Ayala (:dietrich)]

WFM in today's build, according to the steps in comment #0. I select a contact and it goes directly to the sms edit screen, with that contact populated.

For comment #4 & comment #6, please file new bugs.

Comment 8

[ayman maat :maat]

(In reply to Dietrich Ayala (:dietrich) from comment #7)
> WFM in today's build, according to the steps in comment #0. I select a
> contact and it goes directly to the sms edit screen, with that contact
> populated.
> 
> For comment #4 & comment #6, please file new bugs.

Hey Dietrich

Can you please clarify what other bugs need to be raised from comment #6? I have reviewed the current build and I cannot see any issues right now that *directly* relate to what was written in comment #6. 

Thanks