Indicate on a card that comments were made

[bpcurse]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
At the moment you cannot see if anyone commented on a card if you do not open the details and click on the corresponding tab.

Describe the solution you'd like
Alike the paper symbol that is displayed on the card if a description exists, a ballon / speech bubble symbol should be displayed next to the paper symbol if a comment was made.

Describe alternatives you've considered
A more sophisticated approach could show the number of comments inside or next to the balloon.

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[juliusknorr]

We actually have the same behavior here as the files app. If you were mentioned in a comment we show the speech bubble on the card. cc @nextcloud/designers Maybe we should show it in general if there were new comments and highlight it a bit more if the user has been mentioned?

[bpcurse]

I really like the idea of showing it in general when comments exist and highlighting it in some way if the user has been mentioned. As people use nextcloud/deck differently especially in regard to notification settings, this could help keeping an overview without cluttering the interface too much. It is a logical addition to the paper symbol I would expect working this way without reading a manual.

[skjnldsv]

@juliushaertl We could even add a counter?

[jancborchardt]

A comment icon is good, a counter is a bit information overload and takes more space. In the end it doesn’t really matter if there’s 4 or 5 comments. What’s important is:

• Were there comments at all?
• Did any of them mention you?

:)

[juliusknorr]

Were there comments at all?
Did any of them mention you?

I think those actually only matter if the comments are unread. But maybe we can have a separate icon for comments with mentions?

[jancborchardt]

We could have something like:

• Comments icon in grey when there are generally comments on the issue
• Comments icon in darker grey and red circle in the top right of it (like we do for notifications) when there are unread comments
• Comments icon in primary color (blue default) with a white @ inside of it when there are new comments mentioning you.

Only one icon would be shown at a time. And we could/should actually use the same style of icons for Files. cc @nextcloud/designers

[juliusknorr]

@jancborchardt That sounds like a good solution to me. 👍

[jancborchardt]

@juliushaertl cool! I’ll make the icons then and add them to core.

[bpcurse]

@jancborchardt @juliushaertl I just made a quick and ugly mockup of the design:

The variations "comments were made" and "comment(s) unread" in grey fit in very nicely, but I'm not so sure of the blue one?

[natrius]

Any updates on this one?

@blue one: My suggestion would be just an '@' at the top. No blue colour.

• Grey: Messages made
• Red dot: New messages
• @: Mentioned