Re: [Evolution-hackers] The component buttons mockup

[Ettore Perazzoli <ettore ximian com>]

On Mon, 2003-12-01 at 12:51, Ettore Perazzoli wrote:
> On Mon, 2003-12-01 at 07:02, Tuomas Kuosmanen wrote:
> > Yeah. Reload the evo-buttons3.gif - I removed the 2x2 grid stuff since I
> > think it is just extra crack. It looked nice but it doesnt really add
> > any extra value IMHO. The vertical text-beside-icons vs horizontal
> > icons-only is probably the simplest approach and the vertical should be
> > the default. Moving the pane smaller switches then to the horizontal
> > layout.
> 
> Yeah this sounds nice, the only problem I see with this is that in the
> horizontal layout mode the sidebar has to be at least as wide as the sum
> of all buttons...  And when Connector is running, that's five buttons,
> i.e. a lot.
> 
> I am not sure if there is an easy solution to this though.  :-(

BTW in the latest Outlook they use a similar approach.  Buttons are
stacked on top of each other by default, but if you drag the handle down
the buttons progressively switch to "icon only" mode.  Each step down of
the handle bar causes the button at the bottom of the stack to switch to
"icon only" and line up in a line under the stack.

It's kind of an odd UI but it would address our problem...

-- Ettore