Re: desktop interface preference: tabbed_mdi_edge_position

[Calum Benson <calum benson sun com>]

On Tue, 2003-02-18 at 21:22, Yanko Kaneti wrote:

>  - the notebook pages in a tabbed mdi app are essentially task switchers
>  - sometimes with their properties and behavior they are also used as
> notifiers
> 
> as such they belong in the task switching/notification area, which by
> all modern standards is BOTTOM by default.

Equally, you could argue that tabs perform the same task switching and
notification purpose as a top level window's titlebar, which by all
modern standards is TOP by default  :)

Cheeri,
Calum.

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