On Jul 13, 2011, at 10:16, Wes Kussmaul <w...@authentrus.com> wrote: > Isn't this a perfect case for letting the user set a parameter, > depending upon his/her preference?
No. The choice is between two very different user interaction models. Nobody has claimed that having widgets filling what would otherwise be margins and having them *not* fade would be a good plan. It'd be like setting a parameter to determine whether your editor acted like sam or acme - just pick which to run, instead. I'm surprised and a bit disappointed that with all the talk I've seen on this topic over the years there haven't been more actual experiments (rio -i being the most ambitious I can think of). The rio code is nice to work with - pick it apart and get hacking.
