Re: [Usability]Re: HIGfing the properties windows

[Seth Nickell <snickell stanford edu>]

On Tue, 2003-02-18 at 05:18, Alexander Larsson wrote:
> On 17 Feb 2003, Luca Ferretti wrote:
> 
> > I can try to rearrange some spacing/allignment stuff in the properties
> > window.
> > 
> > Just some design question:
> >         * 12 px between window border and widgets?
> >         * 24 px between notebook and buttons?
> >         * 12 px between notebook internal border and internal widget?
> 
> I'm not great at these things, but i think this is what the hig specifies.
> Not sure about the notebook/buttons one though.
> 
> >         * remove separators in "Permissions" tab and using a 18 px
> >           spacing?
> 
> Does the hig say anything about this?

The HIG recommends using spacing and alignment rather than lines when
things can be communicated that way. Separators aren't totally out of
the question, of course, but its best to avoid them.

-seth