On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 2:01 PM, Benjamin Otte <o...@gnome.org> wrote: > … > * There's button(s) that say ( Notes | Edit ) > How are these buttons different from notebooks? Is it just visually > different or is it a completely different interaction? Because from > the interaction described it looks like a notebook to me, just with a > different UI. But I can't really pinpoint what's missing from > GtkNotebook for this. Also, should we try to get rid of notebooks and > replace it with buttons like these in other places? > …
I think there is a huge distinction here. A notebook evokes different places; different data, different views. The combined buttons evoke different modes with the same data and (practically) the same view. Functionally, they are the same as a row of grouped toggle buttons, but the design makes that functionality more explicit (and more attractive). Notebooks are also frequently customized, though. I think there is another distinction within the Notebook widget, perhaps: notebooks where the pages are static, perhaps sections in a config dialog; and notebooks where the pages are dynamic, such as tabbed documents in gedit and Epiphany. I wonder if there is a way the same designers who are coming up with all these neat UIs can provide direct input to GTK in general? Perhaps we could have people do redesign mockups for gtk-demo the same way they might do Evolution or GNOME Contacts… -- Dylan _______________________________________________ gtk-devel-list mailing list gtk-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-devel-list