RE: [Usability] Dynamic Workspaces

[Ryan McDougall <ryan mcdougall telusplanet net>]

On Fri, 2004-03-05 at 13:07 +0000, Calum Benson wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-03-04 at 18:16, joturner wrote:
> 
> > I'm not quite sure I follow.  Is there a reference as to why tabs are not good 
> > and a necessary evil?
> 
> There's some discussion about tabbed document interfaces (TDIs) here:
> http://mail.gnome.org/archives/epiphany-list/2003-August/msg00227.html
> 
> Summary: the desktop already has a window manager, so building another
> one into each application doesn't make sense.  Usual counter-argument:
> most window managers don't yet give you a TDI option, so it does make
> sense :)
> 
> Tabbed dialogs can have their own problems too:
> http://www.uie.com/articles/tabbed_dialogs/
> http://digilander.libero.it/chiediloapippo/Engineering/iarchitect/tabs.htm
> 
> Cheeri,
> Calum.
> 

If Tabbed UIs are the result of a desire to group similar windows, and a
broken window manager, please reply to my thread on spatially grouping
windows (also on this list) where I discuss a possible solution.

Thanks in advance for your expert opinions,
Ryan