Jupyter AI v3.1 discussion thread

[dlqqq]

For feedback on new UI changes being developed for Jupyter AI v3.1.

Jupyter AI 3.1 proposal: https://jupyter-ai.readthedocs.io/en/v3/proposals/jupyter-ai-3.1.html

[mfisher87]

@dlqqq can we give names to 3.1 and 3.2 so it's easier to remember which is which? E.g. rename this issue to "Jupyter AI 3.1 (affordances, affordances, affordances!) discussion thread", and the other could be "Jupyter AI 3.2 (Persona API 0.1) discussion thread"

Responding to #1571 (comment) but I think this discussion belongs in this thread instead.

@andrii-i @dlqqq Hey y'all, this is a really nice UI affordance improvement. I think affordances are ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ by far ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ the most important thing to focus on right now, so I'm really glad we've swapped the order of 3.1 and 3.2.

Could y'all link to Andrii's PRs mentioned in this comment? I did a quick look and didn't see them.

Is the currently-focused persona shared by all collaborators regardless of who did the last @, or is it the current user's last @?

[andrii-i]

Hi @mfisher87. Here's a link to the jupyter-ai-acp-client PR, it has a jupyter-ai-persona-manager PR it depends on linked in the description:

• Add session controls and a persona selector to the chat input jupyter-ai-contrib/jupyter-ai-acp-client#129

PR above has more screenshots, please give it a look or feel free to try it and let us know what you think. Note that I'm considering if we could clearly indicate what each control stands for without taking too much space, maybe by adding icons (titles would take too much space).

[mfisher87]

Thanks for the links!

Note that I'm considering if we could clearly indicate what each control stands for without taking too much space, maybe by adding icons (titles would take too much space).

Could do text labels on top of the controls if we think we need them. Icons can be pretty ambiguous. Or we could put the title inside the dropdown itself, so when you open the dropdown you can see what setting it corresponds to. Or we could add title= properties to the dropdowns to show a tooltip! I think I like the tooltip the most. It's unambiguous and screen-reader-friendly, unlike icons. And takes 0 extra space :) What do you think?

[andrii-i]

I definitely agree that icons are ambiguous. Also agree on tooltips, and we already use them: all controls have title= tooltips.

Is the currently-focused persona shared by all collaborators regardless of who did the last @, or is it the current user's last @?

As of now it's global to the chat, so whoever does the last @ (or picks from the selector) sets it for everyone. We could consider making it per-user in a later iteration.

[mfisher87]

Thanks! Global makes a lot of sense to me.

[dlqqq]

We're publishing a pre-release for these changes so attentive users like you can help call out any accessibility / usability gaps @mfisher87 :)