Speech Bubbles - Thoughts?

[Majidah]

I copied and pasted some of the lodestone graphics and put together some terrible looking bubbles, just to illustrate things a bit.

http://i53.tinypic.com/ajv2at.jpg

Say bubbles could change in size and opacity based on how far away from the character they are located. This would simulate depth.
Shout bubbles could pop in full size and full opacity. I'm thinking they should last less time in screen than Say bubbles.

If you ask me, it already makes that random googled screenshot I found a lot more lively than the chatlog.

edit:
Some more ideas.
When a character is targeted or a bubble is mouse highlighted his opacity could be set to full. Maybe even the bubble say if we are dealing with say.

[Ceons]

I copied and pasted some of the lodestone graphics and put together some terrible looking bubbles, just to illustrate things a bit.

http://i53.tinypic.com/ajv2at.jpg

Say bubbles could change in size and opacity based on how far away from the character they are located. This would simulate depth.
Shout bubbles could pop in full size and full opacity. I'm thinking they should last less time in screen than Say bubbles.

If you ask me, it already makes that random googled screenshot I found a lot more lively than the chatlog.

edit:
Some more ideas.
When a character is targeted or a bubble is mouse highlighted his opacity could be set to full. Maybe even the bubble say if we are dealing with say.

That looks great!
I think chat bubbles would be awesome. They don't have to look like bubbles, but its so much nicer being able to see and to visualize the voice of the character. I would be all for this. With a toggle of course like:

*Say --- ON/OFF
*Shout --- ON/OFF
*NPC ---- ON/OFF
*Tell ---- ON/OFF
*Party --- ON/OFF
*Linkshell --- ON/OFF (only works if a person from the is close by of course, this applies to all the above..)

etc

I want to see NPC chat bubbles as I run or walk past NPC's. It would feel like I'm overhearing their conversations.. Think of all the possible things you could overhear!

[Kailok]

I copied and pasted some of the lodestone graphics and put together some terrible looking bubbles, just to illustrate things a bit.

http://i53.tinypic.com/ajv2at.jpg

Say bubbles could change in size and opacity based on how far away from the character they are located. This would simulate depth.
Shout bubbles could pop in full size and full opacity. I'm thinking they should last less time in screen than Say bubbles.

If you ask me, it already makes that random googled screenshot I found a lot more lively than the chatlog.

edit:
Some more ideas.
When a character is targeted or a bubble is mouse highlighted his opacity could be set to full. Maybe even the bubble say if we are dealing with say.

Lovin' those bubbles you made. That's just about exactly what I'd hope for if they released speech bubbles, which I really hope they do. I'm hoping to see if one of the community reps will comment on this threat.