Re: [Usability] Usability Digest, Vol 54, Issue 2

[Jacob Beauregard <deadowlsurvivor gmail com>]

It makes sense to have a consistent way of interacting with them. 
However, there are a lot of ways they can be used where there haven't 
been many experiments, so I would state there should be some room for 
future revision in whatever is decided upon.

What would be more difficult is to find a means of organization that 
applications such as OpenOffice and Eclipse could retain all of their 
features, but maintain simplicity.

Tabs assist complex use of a simple program. Complex programs still need 
simple use. Closest thing to accomplishing this, unfortunately, is 
Microsoft Office '07

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> Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:20:02 +0100
> From: Allan Day <allanpday gmail com>
> Subject: [Usability] Tab Implementation
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> Hey all,
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> I'd really like to see some consistency in the way tabs are implemented 
> in GNOME applications. I've started reviewing existing Bugzilla 
> discussions about tabs and summarising them here: 
> http://live.gnome.org/TabImplementation. I'm hoping that, once this is 
> done, it might be possible to develop some common guidelines.
>
> If this task is a) futile and/or b) dumb, could someone please tell me?!
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> Best,
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> Allan
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> IRC: wallan on irc.gnome.org
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> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:06:02 +0100 (BST)
> From: Alan Horkan <horkana maths tcd ie>
> Subject: Re: [Usability] Tab Implementation
> To: Allan Day <allanpday gmail com>
> Cc: usability gnome org
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> On Tue, 14 Oct 2008, Allan Day wrote:
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> > Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:20:02 +0100
> > From: Allan Day <allanpday gmail com>
> > To: usability gnome org
> > Subject: [Usability] Tab Implementation
> >
> > Hey all,
> >
> > I'd really like to see some consistency in the way tabs are implemented
> > in GNOME applications. I've started reviewing existing Bugzilla
> > discussions about tabs and summarising them here:
> > http://live.gnome.org/TabImplementation. I'm hoping that, once this is
> > done, it might be possible to develop some common guidelines.
> >
> > If this task is a) futile and/or b) dumb, could someone please tell me?!
> >     
>
> Not a bad idea but it will be important to make some changes so that the
> recommended way for developers is also the easiest way to program.
>
> A search through the list archives should throw up some previous
> discussions on the subject and maybe save you some time.
>
>