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List:       kfm-devel
Subject:    Re: Dolphin with tabs
From:       "Aaron J. Seigo" <aseigo () kde ! org>
Date:       2007-07-07 1:02:57
Message-ID: 200707061902.57863.aseigo () kde ! org
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On Friday 06 July 2007, Juan Carlos Torres wrote:
> May I throw back a question? What are the use cases _against_ tabs in a
> file manager?

the fact that dolphin's use case and target audience are simple uses (that is 
not a typo; "uses", not "users") which are focussed on file management not 
browsing (which may be applied to file systems).

for the latter tabs and frames make lots of sense. for the former, a simple UI 
with as much space for the primary task is the idea. every option moves us 
closer to failure on that, particularly when the option is a power user one 
which is precisely what konqueror is for.

think of it as sort of like the difference between kolourpaint and krita. 
putting natural brush stroke and advanced colour space management is just 
silly in kolourpaint but exactly what krita requires.

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