HIG: tabwidgets

[Thomas Zander]

On Friday 10 March 2006 03:15, Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
> > What about vertical tabs? Qt 4 provides those and i feel that we
> > should at least say something about them, even if it is something like
> > "vertical tabs are evil and should not be used"
>
> dunno.. what do the other usability people think?

Vertical tabs are not by themselves evil. They just take a lot of space 
and space constraints make it hard to use them (since not the whole text 
is visible).
Also, vertical tabs tend to be used in nested situations (so, when 
horizontal tabs are also in use) which is just confusing, but probably 
less confusing than having two horizontal lines of tabs.

I.e. There is a place for them, it just is rarely that you end up using 
them where it is the best solution there is.
-- 
Thomas Zander
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