Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!ginosko!uunet!iconsys!caeco!i-core!pete From: pete@i-core.UUCP (Pete Ashdown) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Voice Mail on Amiga Message-ID: <1989Oct6.213050.7035@i-core.UUCP> Date: 6 Oct 89 21:30:50 GMT References: <688@orange6.qtp.ufl.edu> <125829@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> Chuckles writes: >The tough part is coming up with the user interface. No actually, I visualized that as the rather easy part. Look at the NeXT's user interface for mail. Its rather nice actually compared to what I'm using now (actually they can't be compared, its EXTREMELY NICE). It shows a cute picture of the sender that would be sent by request and stored with the mail program, a box with the persons full name, and buttons for deleting, sending, mailboxes, and finding. Its also got a small digital display and calendar pad that shows the date. Then below all of that, its got the actual message, all nicely formatted with type-styles and such. Now, IF the person has a voice mail message, there is a pair of lips where the message has been inserted into the document. The user clicks on the lips and thus the program to play the sound is run. This also works with Write Now documents, that is, if the person wants to include their resume' in full formatted form, its got a Write Now icon. Its all very slick, and its all very possible to implement on the Amiga. The idea for additional forms besides digitizations would be great. However, the voice mail format should go along with NeXT's voice mail format, so its all compatible. There could be additional icons for IFF pictures, 8SVX, ANIMs etc. Although these wouldn't work if you sent them to a NeXT recipient, they certainly _could_ in some way or another in the future. Let's use their current format, then let them play catch-up. Which brings me to the next (sic) point, is this format PD? Maybe Ali can answer that one. -- (^\__/^) pete@i-core.uucp uunet!iconsys!caeco!i-core / . . \ <=== BEWARE! The Snugglesoft Bear! \ ~ / <=== Spawn of Satan and the downfall of Western Civilization! ( )( ) Pete Ashdown - Slack Monger Extraordinare - Amiga Evangelist