Re: [Evolution-hackers] Re: [Usability] Evolution 2.0

[Calum Benson <calum benson sun com>]

On Wed, 2003-07-16 at 14:16, Alan Horkan wrote:

> 
> i much prefer that the preview take the space beneath the Treeview
> a lot like this
> 
> +---------------+
> |    |          |
> |    |          |
> |____|          |
> |    |          |
> |    |          |
> |    |          |
> |    |          |
> |    |          |
> +---------------+
> 
> because the shape of portrait page (most images and documents) fits better
> into a tall space than a wide space at the bottom like you have in an
> email program.

When I saw your ascii art there I thought you were going to suggest the
preview area be the large one on the right (for the same reasons you
gave)... I'd probably use nautilus a lot more if its previews were
*that* size :)

> but then i figure you must be joking, because every time the preview thing
> comes up i keep pointing out this layout.

Well, mostly joking yes... the actual layout wasn't really what I was
thinking about anyway, to be honest, just the fact that both apps share
essentially the same set of components for doing essentially the same
jobs...

Cheeri,
Calum.

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