Re: [RFC] The `Manage Identities' dialog

[Peter Bloomfield <PeterBloomfield MindSpring com>]

On 2002.05.14 09:21 Carlos Morgado wrote:
> 
> 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 ?

Imo: not contrived at all!

> 
>> 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 :)

point. Forget it ;)