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List:       kde-look
Subject:    Re: Resizeable Dialogs, Layout & Co.
From:       "Friedrich W. H. Kossebau" <Friedrich.W.H () Kossebau ! de>
Date:       2001-01-06 14:59:37
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Peter Putzer wrote:
> On Thu, 4 Jan 2001, Friedrich W. H. Kossebau wrote:
> > But why did you only define two types of spacings? I think there could
> > be some more. I think it is like in character spacings in written stuff.
> > There is a different spacing between words than between sentences (at
> > least in english style). And a different spacing between paragraphs and
> > a paragraph and a titel. All to help the eyes better catch the things.
> >
> > Something like this could be applied to dialogs in my opinion. One often
> > used eye help is to border things that belong together by a
> > frame/groupbox. In these groups there might be further grouping by
> > inserted spacing or separator. In my opinion these are different
> > categories that all might use a different spacing.
> 
> Well, it's a tad difficult to actually implement. And even if it's
> possible (using some weird combination of QLayouts), I don't think it is
> worthwile.
> 
> No, two different spacing-types are all the complexity we need, additional
> spacing-types only make dialog design more difficult.

Okay. By now I have nothing elaborated good enough to argument with. 

But be prepared: I'll come back. Perhaps... ;-)

Friedrich

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