Re: Some hints for usability improvements

[Peter Bloomfield <peterbloomfield bellsouth net>]

On 02/11/2006 06:48:45 PM Sat, Peter Bloomfield wrote:
> On 02/11/2006 05:10:03 PM, Steffen Klemer wrote:
> [ snip ]
> > Really an improvement! I like it.
>
> Thanks!
>
> > Only the first page (the one with the servers) looks a little  
> > bit odd. It's too narrow and should automatically expand to  
> > the width of the window.
>
> I'm really conflicted about that!  If the contents are  
> naturally narrow, they can look really strange if expanded to  
> fill the window.
>
> Internally, the organization is still nested notebooks, but  
> with the tabs and borders hidden.  Re Notebooks, the HIG  
> suggests:
>
> > Although the contents of each page in a notebook will take up  
> > a different amount of space, do not use larger than normal  
> > spacing around the controls in the "emptier" pages, and do not  
> > center the controls on the page.
>
> I'm still not sure what that means--I read it as preferring the  
> tight layout that's implemented, but that may be completely  
> wrong!

OK, I get it--that /was/ completely wrong!  We're supposed to  
expand the controls, so as not to leave the space that Steffen  
mentioned.  New attempt in cvs...

Peter