Re: [Audacity-devel] prefs dialog

[Joshua H. <jha...@up...>]

* Anthony Airon Oetzmann (Ant...@ep...) wrote:
> This just popped up and bit me when I read that usability article and went
> through our preferences dialog tabs.
> 
> Why are the "Tabtitle Settings" placed beneath the Tabs themselves, surrounding
> the entire dialog again ?
> 
> I don't see why they have to be there. They most certainly make it feel crowded
> and make the tabs themselves seem swamped and not imeadiatly readable.

I wrote the code, but I don't have a good answer for this.  I think I was
imitating GIMP's preferences dialog, and I liked the effect of framing
the panel.

> What are the chances of removing those "Tabtitle Settings" frames ?

As far as I'm concerned, make any changes you think are prudent.

Joshua

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Joshua Haberman  <jo...@ha...>