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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Standar style for left tabs in KDE apps
From:       Maciej Pilichowski <macias () mat ! uni ! torun ! pl>
Date:       2006-11-25 8:29:55
Message-ID: 200611250929.55975.macias () mat ! uni ! torun ! pl
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Hello,

> 2) Adaptable size tab with label.
> - An example: Amarok.
> http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/AmaroK_stable.pn
>g
> IMHO the best solution is Amarok's style, because:
> - The size of each tab is fixed making easy to change between them.

You said yourself it is adjustable :-) I think Kate style is better 
because you can remember visually where to click -- and the button 
won't move. Not true for amarok (one button more and everything will 
change).

> (In Kaffeine is difficult to change between tabs because their
> height changes everytime the user clicks in each tab and the text
> label appears).

Of course. But there is a problem with meaningless in this icon-only 
approach.

> Just it, what do you think?

It would be good to unify this, but I think that all those styles are 
pretty bad -- there is problem with reading/understanding. 
  I see no good alternative for it though, I know only this with 
buttons organized in stack. When you click one button, all buttons 
below it goes down, so when you want to use one of them you have to 
go to the bottom of the window. Visually ok, but a lot of using 
mouse. 
  Anyway, this is a place for someone to invent some way of 
communicate with readable, yet functional style.

have a nice day, bye
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