Re: [Usability] Alacarte UI

[Calum Benson <Calum Benson Sun COM>]

On 26 Apr 2006, at 20:23, Travis Watkins wrote:

> On 4/26/06, Alan Horkan <horkana maths tcd ie> wrote:
> > Since you moved things to the side and have plenty of space I'm  
> > surprised
> > you didn't keep the move buttons but with text lables showing  
> > (maybe put a
> > space or seperator between the button groups).
>
> New layout [1] re-adds these (disabled if no item is selected) and
> adds some things (mostly spacing changes) to hopefully make the dialog
> HIG compliant.

Pretty good, but the HIG would prefer the buttons to be separated by  
a bit of space rather than a line:

"Before you add a frame with a visible border or separator to any  
window, consider carefully if you really need it. It is usually  
better to do without, if the groups can be separated by space alone."

Cheeri,
Calum.

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