Re: [RFC] The `Manage Identities' dialog

[Carlos Morgado <chbm chbm nu>]

On 2002.05.14 14:06:45 +0100 Peter Bloomfield wrote:

> 
> Related topic: why does the present dialog display all the information 
> about an identity, and an `edit' button to bring up a new dialog with an 
> editable version of the same info? It seems like a lot of trouble: why not 
> make the original display editable, with its own `apply' and `cancel' 
> buttons?
> 
point.

|       |                |
| list  |   editor       |
|       | apply  cancel  |

where list is

| Deflt | Name     |
|  <*>  | foo      |

clicking on the name column would show that identity on the editor. too
contrived ?

> Would the whole widget be cleaner as a notebook, with a check-mark on the 
> tab of the default identity? Does anyone use too many identities to show 
> without scrolling?

i remember reading something against using small tokens on notebook tabs
to show state, it made sense at the time but can't remember where i saw it :)

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