[Gossip-dev] 0.11 Feedback

[Martyn Russell]

On Thu, 2006-05-11 at 14:01 +0200, CJ van den Berg wrote:
> On Thu, May 11, 2006 at 01:22:58PM +0200, Richard Hult wrote:
> > >> 3. Tabs get too wide with a close button on each. (Yes they do, I can
> > >>    fit three converstations in a standard chat window with close
> > >>    buttons and five without).
> > > 
> > > Solution: make the standard window a little wider, it's too small anyway.
> > 
> > That's not a solution, that's like adding more RAM instead of fixing
> > leaks or optimizing memory usage when running of out memory.
> 
> Non-leaking, well optimized software is univerally considered "a good
> thing", but what makes 350x250 the perfect size for a chat window?!
> 
> I really don't see how targetting a 350x250 window size justifies breaking
> UI standards, so if the problem really is a valid issue then so is the
> solution.

No one said that we are applying a UI standard here, in fact, by saying
Gossip should use the same tab system as other GNOME applications is
saying we apply rules for generic tab use when Gossip has very special
tab use. We *already* make the text size smaller to make names fit, if
we followed GEdit or Firefox you would get two tabs if you are lucky
with the normal text size and the close images, unless you made the chat
window 50+% of the full screen size which is just not practical.

Regarding the size of the window, I might make it a bit bigger, but if
350x250 isn't the perfect size what is? :)

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Regards,
Martyn