Hi, > [..] > > 1) epiphany, firefox and nautilus have a fixed size for tabs; > > 2) gnome-terminal and pidgin use the full width as does empathy; > > 3) gedit uses variable size depending on the name of the edited file; > > 4) gajim uses variable size with a Max width per tab. > [..] > > And what about if there is only one tab displayed? Should the tabs bar > always be present? Should it be configurable by the user? > > There is already a tab policy in the GUI guidelines but it may not fits > correctly in these case where tabs may be opened/closed/moved by the > user. > > So what do you think?
I agree that tab consistency is an issue. I've been working on reviewing the existing material regarding this issue: http://live.gnome.org/UsabilityProject/Whiteboard/TabImplementation I'm still to finish writing the summary, I'm afraid. A couple of things I've been thinking about on this subject, though: * Do we need to identify different types of tab usage, and create guidelines/designs for each type (as opposed to having a single set of guidelines)? It strikes me that there's a big difference between an app where people tend to have a small no. of tabs open, compared to one where they have lots of them. * One of the main challenges is dealing with high numbers of tabs. It would be great to have some creative design solutions here. * Thinking about feeding back the status of individual tabs (has the content of tab changed, etc) might require thinking about design patterns which go across the whole desktop. Best, Allan _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list Usability@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
