Chat Window Zoom

June 18th, 2008
Categories: Interaction, Interface, OS X

A bit of visual pleasantry for chat clients.

If you have Firefox 3 or Opera 9.5, check out the 4 frames in an animated PNG:

Window zoom animation

For browsers that do not yet support aPNG, here is the frame-by-frame:

  1. Double-click on a contact in your buddy list
    Buddy list
    1. The window zooms out from the location of the contact, starting with just the contact name and input field being displayed:

      If multiple contacts are selected, the names zoom out individually to a single window.
    2. The conversation display area expands between the titlebar and input area midway through the animation:
    3. The window appears at full size in final position:

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