Odoo Changelog — 2024-12-23

Monday, December 23, 2024

1 change · 18.0

Improvements(1)

Enhancements to existing features

[IMP] mail: minor discuss style improvements

PR #191293

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The Discuss interface receives small visual refinements that make conversations easier to scan, including better spacing, clearer unread indicators, and cleaner message dates. The member list now opens by default and remembers the user's preference, helping teams see who is online and encouraging collaboration.

Original PR description

Some style tweaks to discuss for improved readability and usability:

1. Slightly more vertical spacing between discuss sidebar items.
   -> Motivation: discuss sidebar felt too crowded, which was a bit hard to see group of avatar and related conversation name.
2. `.rounded-3` on category and channel actions rather than `.rounded-circle`
   -> Motivation: rounded square match rest of UI better, and makes hover effect slightly more visible.
3. Consistent spacing in-between category and channel actions, less spacing when next to badge counter.
   -> Motivation: spacing was too big and inconsistent.
4. Composer in discuss app is slightly lower.
   -> Motivation: felt too high compared to other chat apps
5. Member list is open by default in discuss app. Its default opening state is saved in local storage, thus preserved when open.
   -> Motivation: better visual of online members, incite for more communication between members, and also discuss feels more feature-complete.
6. Discuss sidebar unread indicator (small dot) is slightly more visible (opacity 35% => 50%).
   messaging menu important indicator is more visible (opacity 50% => 75%)
   -> Motivation: more visible while still not too distracting, the new opacity fits more with the rest of UI.
7. Message datetime does not show year if same as current year
   -> Motivation: reduces UI noise a bit for 2 days-old messages.

https://github.com/odoo/enterprise/pull/75971

Discuss app, before
![before-1](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/91db23f9-cc64-49a1-ad80-0cdfdc5a9983)
Discuss app, after
![Screenshot 2024-12-20 at 13 44 34](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/46e9f0ae-86ab-4389-803d-8bec63dbd496)


Messaging menu item, before (important bullet opacity 50%)
![before-2](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/bea0ca66-1104-4a7a-a7fa-cdb86641eea5)

Messaging menu item, after (important bullet opacity 75%)
![after-2](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/a81689f7-aa64-493e-abc0-5f594026e4c5)

#discuss#messaging#usability#readability

Some style tweaks to discuss for improved readability and usability: 1. Slightly more vertical spacing between discuss sidebar items. -> Motivation: discuss sidebar felt too crowded, which was a bit hard to see group of avatar and related conversation name. 2. `.rounded-3` on category and channel actions rather than `.rounded-circle` -> Motivation: rounded square match rest of UI better, and makes hover effect slightly more visible. 3. Consistent spacing in-between category and channel actions, less spacing when next to badge counter. -> Motivation: spacing was too big and inconsistent. 4. Composer in discuss app is slightly lower. -> Motivation: felt too high compared to other chat apps 5. Member list is open by default in discuss app. Its default opening state is saved in local storage, thus preserved when open. -> Motivation: better visual of online members, incite for more communication between members, and also discuss feels more feature-complete. 6. Discuss sidebar unread indicator (small dot) is slightly more visible (opacity 35% => 50%). messaging menu important indicator is more visible (opacity 50% => 75%) -> Motivation: more visible while still not too distracting, the new opacity fits more with the rest of UI. 7. Message datetime does not show year if same as current year -> Motivation: reduces UI noise a bit for 2 days-old messages. https://github.com/odoo/enterprise/pull/75971 Discuss app, before ![before-1](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/91db23f9-cc64-49a1-ad80-0cdfdc5a9983) Discuss app, after ![Screenshot 2024-12-20 at 13 44 34](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/46e9f0ae-86ab-4389-803d-8bec63dbd496) Messaging menu item, before (important bullet opacity 50%) ![before-2](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/bea0ca66-1104-4a7a-a7fa-cdb86641eea5) Messaging menu item, after (important bullet opacity 75%) ![after-2](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/a81689f7-aa64-493e-abc0-5f594026e4c5)