On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 4:07 PM, Peter Kasting <pkast...@google.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 4:03 PM, Ian Fette <i...@chromium.org> wrote: > >> Putting on my individual contributor hat here, I have to say that Ben's >> solution would seem very non-intuitive to me. I'm not aware of any app that >> works that way, and I would probably think that the dialog was just cut off >> (as is currently the case on my netbook), and would not expect to be able to >> somehow auto-scroll it by touching the edge. It seems to me that you would >> want to somehow visually indicate that there is more of this dialog to be >> seen, preferably show how much dialog is left to be seen and allow someone >> to move through that, at which point we're talking scroll bars... > > > Also throwing my hat into the ring to say that I don't think Ben's proposal > is great. > > I think Ben's goal is to fight against options sprawl. Being hardnosed > about not adding scrollbars or tabs is a way to put pressure on to decrease > options menu size, rather than increase. I applaud this principle. > > The thing is, if we're already offscreen, and we add a magic solution like > "autoscroll at screen edge" or any other similar solution, we effectively > have a scrollbar -- just a hard to use one. It's the worst of both worlds. > > I would love to see us continually rip out more and more options. If we > are unable to do that, I think having a scrollbar is better than having a > magic scroll function. > > proposals on which of these options (again, see original attachment) to "rip out" are welcome and within the scope of this thread. > PK > -- Chromium Developers mailing list: chromium-dev@googlegroups.com View archives, change email options, or unsubscribe: http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-dev