Re: [Evolution] Evolution 2.0 UI proposal

["Jean-Marc V. Liotier" <jim jipo com>]

On Tue, 2003-07-15 at 23:52, Anna Marie Dirks wrote:
> Greetings Brett,
>
> On Tue, 2003-07-15 at 12:46, Brett Johnson wrote:
>
> > True.  Tabs along the top of bottom of the view do waste some vertical
> > space.  Of course currently (in the mockups you sent out), that space is
> > already being completely wasted with the redundant toolbar-sized "tell
> > me again which folder I've selected?" bar.  
>
> UI redundancy is absolutely not the same thing as a complete waste of
> space. :) That information in the toolbar reinforces for the user which
> folder has been selected. This is important information to provide,
> because it make the interface more forgiving.

Fine then, as long as there is a way to turn it off...

I don't really care about "wasted" space when I work on a 1600x1200+
displays, but it matters very much at 1024x768 or less. At these
resolutions, every pixel counts unless the user enjoys scrolling
everything in sight.