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------- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Mar 9 15:40:01 -0800 2006 ------- There have been a lot of great comments regarding this issue. I have voted for this comment, and I would like to add my own thoughts. The evolution of tabbed interfaces has been a gradual and interesting one. Tabbed interfaces can help tremendously when dealing with a lot of information. However, it should be remembered that the first or even subsequent attempts weren't always good. So, this issue shouldn't be evaluated in the light of a product from years ago, and points should be learned from successful interfaces. Firefox has been used as an example, and I believe it is a good one. Tabs are optional. If you would like to have several windows open, each with several tabs, that is possible. If you want one window open with several tabs, that is possible. If you want lots of windows open without any tabs, that is possible. Also, a tab bar only shows up in Firefox if multiple tabs are open. It's not an in-your-face feature. If tabs are implemented in OOo (and I hope they are), I would like the same flexibility because it is the reason why Firefox is able to appeal to users regardless of their preference for tabbed browsing. There shouldn't even be a need to turn off tabs because they shouldn't be obvious if a person doesn't want to use them. The behavior of tabs in Firefox seems like an obvious enhancement for OOo because as browsers are used to gather, organize, and create information, OOo is also used to gather, create, and organize information. The use of tabs in Firefox can be looked to for inspiration, and additional enhancements could even be made. It should be possible to not only move tabs around within a window, but also to move tabs from one window to another, to create windows from tabs, or to create tabs from windows. Being able to associate a group of files as a group of tabs would also have some obvious benefits for anyone working on a large project. I see this type of functionality as being of enormous immediate benefit to those without some type of virtual desktop functionality on their computers (mostly Windows users-the majority of the market), but I would also appreciate some of the more subtle benefits even when I am able to take advantage of virtual desktops. A lot of enhancements to the user interface are submitted for user experience evaluation. I believe that the user experience has already been proven with other programs that have tabbed interfaces. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
