Re: Text Labels, Toolbars optional

["Dan Kaminsky" <effugas best com>]

-----Original Message-----
From: John Kodis <kodis@jagunet.com>
To: gnome-gui-list@gnome.org <gnome-gui-list@gnome.org>
Date: Saturday, August 01, 1998 6:54 AM
Subject: Re: Text Labels, Toolbars optional


>On Sat, Aug 01, 1998 at 05:06:21AM -0700, Dan Kaminsky wrote:
>
>> See http://devplanet.fastethernet.net/gxedit.html , regarding how windows
>> with toolbars can be configured to not display their text, or simply not
to
>> display?
>>
>> This is something that should be part of the "suggested" category of the
>> style guide, at the very least.
>
>My suggestion would be to provide a config option so that the icons in
>the toolbar can be disabled, rather than the text.
>
>-- John Kodis.


Well, both are valid choices to trash.  Buttons are static info
transmitters; the less space they can take while still being useful, the
better.  Removing text saves more space than removing icons, but I
agree--both text and icons should be removable.