Elijah Newren wrote: > On 9/8/06, Olaf van der Spek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> The HIG says (implicitly) dialogs shouldn't have a maximize button. >> >> http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gup/hig/2.0/windows-dialog.html >> >> > Window Commands: Minimize, Roll-up/Unroll > > Also worth noting is http://live.gnome.org/Metacity/WindowTypes, which > is mpt's work to try to extend the list of window types and provide > better visual clues about each window. > >> Can this be fixed such that dialogs can have a maximize button? >> Even better, can maximize buttons be automatically added to every window >> that is resizable? > > Given that both the HIG and mpt's extensions/modifications suggest no > maximize button for such windows, it is possible that we should turn > this question around: should we disable resizing for window types that > shouldn't have a maximize button? Neither the HIG nor mpt's write-up > addresses that question, and it seems some users are confused by the > ability to resize if the window can't be maximized.
I don't like to reverse the question. :) In addition to "Can maximize buttons be automatically added to every window that is resizable?" I would also like to suggest that every window that has (a child that has) a scrollbar should be resizable (and maximizable). Would you also like to disable scrollbars from dialogs? :) No resize and no maximize for no good reasons decrease usability IMO. Olaf _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
