Yup, it generally feels like somewhere around 400 pixels wide is the
ideal. Unfortunately, on a 1024, we don't have anywhere near that
amount of room without seriously cramping the summary pane and sidebar.
Mimi
On Nov 16, 2005, at 8:21 AM, Philippe Bossut wrote:
Mimi Yin wrote:
[...snip...]
2. I think I wouldn't mind reading email in the preview pane if
there was some 1-click way to shift the focus of the screen to the
detail view (thereby shortening the summary table view) and then
another 1-click way to refocus on the summary table view. It's the
pain of having to resize the splitter between the 2 panes
constantly that's so annoying. That's why for people with larger
screens, the vertical 3 pane layout is often preferred over the
horizontal split.
Another reason is that it's more efficient to read a narrow column
than a wide area. This is why newspapers have been organized in
narrow columns since decades. Your eye doesn't have to scan from
left to right then down but only down. Less chance to miss the
line, easier to "grock" the text, allow speed read. When Outlook
moved to a 3 columns layout, all its users (me included) raved
about it.
Also, in the case of an e-mail app, this allows to display a longer
list of e-mails in the central area so you indeed don't feel the
need to move any splitter. This is arguably different in the case
of a calendar.
Cheers,
- Philippe
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