Around the Table
Prompt
A desktop messaging app for companies with 30–300 people (1440×900), with channels, groups, and direct messages on the left and the current conversation in the center. Messages include text, images, files, code snippets, polls, and emoji reactions. Use a Chinese interface.
The immediacy of chatting is the core of this work: sending a message, several colleagues typing at once, opening a thread on a specific message, and other people's replies and reactions appearing in real time should all feel natural and substantial. Do not turn it into an email client or a task board.
Design three states: everyday conversation in a lively channel; a thread opened on a message; and mentioning a colleague with @ and dragging a file into the composer, ready to send.
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一个给 30–300 人公司用的即时通讯桌面端（1440×900）：左边是频道、群组和私聊，中间是正在进行的对话。消息里有文字、图片、文件、代码片段、投票和表情回应。界面用中文。
聊天的即时感是这件作品的核心：发出一条消息、几个同事同时在输入、对某一条展开话题回复、别人的回复和表情实时冒出来，都要顺手、有分量。不要做成邮件客户端或任务看板。
设计三个状态：一个热闹频道里的日常对话；在某条消息上展开话题回复；在输入框里 @ 同事、拖进文件后准备发送。
