Re: [Usability] notebook-less dialogs

[Robert Staudinger <robsta stereolyzer net>]

Am Mon, den 13.09.2004 schrieb Maciej Katafiasz um 21:58:
> Dnia 13-09-2004, pon o godzinie 13:51 +0200, Robert Staudinger napisał:
> > Figure 3.24. "An example of a dialog" of the GNOME HIG 2.0 (Chapter 3.
> > Windows -> Dialogs) suggests that a notebook widget should be used in a
> > dialog even if it only has only one page. Am I interpreting that
> > correctly?
> 
> Not really. The dialog in question can in some circumstances have
> additional pages, that's why it uses notebook. But of course you're not
> required to have pages, if you don't need them it's even better, because
> that means dialog is simpler. I'm assuming we're talking about
> preferences dialogs here, right?
> Also, as your example shows, selection of tabbed dialog for screenshot
> showing an example of general dialog isn't very fortunate, could you
> please file a bug in Bugzilla against HIG?

Ok, done.

> > If no notebooks are required, would you suggest to insert a horizontal
> > line right above the standard buttons?
> 
> No. See chapter 8., Visual Design, where details of layout are discussed
> in detail

Hm. Figure 8.3. "Improved window layout"  (
http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gup/hig/2.0/design-window.html )
includes a horizontal line. There is however no explicit mention in the
text. I've seen that used by a number of applications, i think. So is it
a preferred practice?

Thanks,
Rob