Re: [Usability] Drag handles for dialogs and other windows

[Alan Horkan <horkana maths tcd ie>]

On Sun, 22 Jun 2003, Reinout van Schouwen wrote:

> > The dialog should be designed not to need resizing but too many
> > programs dont even have well designed dialogs let alone perfect ones.
>
> Sure. But this thread is about the grippies for GNOME stuff, and that is
> something that we (as a community) have some influence on.

Okay, so I am a little offtopic.
I am not hung up about grippies not something I miss much.
In most cases I think I know to hover over the window edge until the
cursor changes or I use Maximise.

The grippies do aid discoverability but only a little, i think the notion
of resizing a window is non-obvious to newbies.

> I'm all for resizability- but only if it makes sense! Let's put solid
> design on the first place.

Only if it makes sense! Aargh, Grrr!

My point is that it never makes sense to prevent resizing.

Proof by contradiction, I only need one situation for it to make sense to
always allow resizing, it would be wisest and safest to always leave it
on.

I'll try and be quiet now.

Alan Horkan
http://advogato.org/person/AlanHorkan/