Re: Dialog_Tab...

Hi Rob,
> On 4/18/07, Michael Rosenbruch <michael@rosenbruch.de> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> here is a screenshot of my suggested ap_UnixDialog_Tab...
>> 1). it shows always the defined tabs
>> => Why should we hide them?
>> 2). on the left side you find, how to set a new, or
>> the properties to change them
>> 3). on the right side you see all the tabs and
>> manage them (could delete them)
>>
>> If you think that is better than the existing dialog, then I would
>> implement it, and fix all the bugs with the units...
>
> Hi Michael,
>
> I don't really see how this is much different from what we have now,
> except for the user tab-list and -buttons to be swapped.
> Also the widgets are not properly aligned:
> 1) Labels "Default tab stops" and "User-defined Tabs" are not left aligned
> 2) Tab list is not right-aligned properly
> 3) Indentation of the "Position", "Alignment" and "Leader" widgets is
> non-standard (see HIG)
I am not familiar with HIGs. Thank you for your comment... I will
improve that
> 4) "Hinzufügen" and "Löschen" buttons are not aligned.
>
> What we have now is certainly not optimal, but I don't see any
> improvement in your mockup. Whether user-defined tabs should be hidden
> by default of not can be argued, of course.
The main reason for changing that dialog is: for me it is nearly
unusable.
If I want to insert a new tab, lets say at position 5.3cm its hard to
achieve that. Here the steps with actual dialog:
1. open user-defined tabs
2. click insert (I do not know why I would say insert not having
specified anything)
3. select inserted tab
4. correct the value to 5.3cm ->other bug it shows only 5.0
5. ready

For me it would be better, if I can
1. type 5.3
2. click insert
3. ready

I think for western countries it is more customary to
work from left to right, rather than from right to left, that is why I
suggested to swap ...

May be there are other uses. Please tell me them.

Best
Michael
Received on Wed Apr 18 22:17:18 2007