From: Jonathan A. <jo...@sq...> - 2005-01-26 16:02:26
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>>That sounds like a good idea, might be a little bit of work, probably n= ot >>too huge of a task though... I'll see what is possible, the only thing >>that might be a little tricky is trying to find a way to fit in the >>columns, and the options thing to add the new columns. > I would leave it up to the user not to be silly and choose to display > all the columns. She/He needs to choose the right number to have presen= t > depending on the local resolution. This is true... but then you never know, you will always get people that add them all just because they can, and then you have a space issue, and people start to complain they have to scroll to see this, and that, and w= e then end up having to reconsider the feature ;) >>> P.S. and i still think the date column should be left-aligned!! It's = so >>> SO messy! >> I have mixed views on this... yes sometimes left align looks much bett= er, >> but then sometimes it doesn't... I've yet to work out a personal >> preference on it. I might try running with it left aligned for a bit, >> and see how it goes. > Could you elaborate on a situation where left aligned looks bad? > ...at worst have it right aligned - centre just doesn't make sense! =3D= ) Center makes perfect sense if the date format was consistent, for example= : Mon, 01:25 Tue, 23:24 Fri, 11:17 However, I've noticed that even with 24hr clock on, it doesn't display th= e full digits for the hours, so the above looks like: Mon, 1:25 Tue, 23:24 Fri, 11:17 Or something close to it, really difficult to shift a character half a space in here ;) It also helps if you're using fixed width fonts, otherwise it looks odd when you're using letters like i underneath letter= s like M or W. I'm not saying left align looks bad, I'm just saying I think center align= , in most cases, looks better. --=20 Jonathan Angliss <jo...@sq...> |