One consideration is that it is occasionally nice to be able to resize a dialog box in case the application screws up the layout of controls inside it.
Also consider my (odd) case: I use devilspie to maximize every new window. Normally dialogs are omited from this action but not all (not sure exactly why). Reed On Sat, Sep 09, 2006 at 11:49:53AM -0600, 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. > > Cheers, > Elijah > _______________________________________________ > Usability mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
