Re: [Nautilus-list] Re: Installation-time performerance preference

[Michael Rogers <banthafodder connectfree co uk>]

Maciej Stachowiak wrote:
> Yeah, the classic problem with notebooks is that when there are too
> many tabs, the whole thing sucks. I think a list is a better choice
> than a conventional notebook widget when there are many
> categories. See the UI hall of shame for what happens when you have
> too many tabs (multiple rows of tabs and tabs that scroll off the side
> are an utter disaster; even without either of these long rows of tabs
> are bad because it's easier to scan a long list vertically than
> horizontally ).

Perhaps the notebook widget should switch to tabs-on-the-left when the
tabs won't fit along the top? This gives a similar appearance to a list
widget, without implying add/delete/edit semantics like a list widget
would.

Michael