KDE/kdevplatform

[Andreas Pakulat]

On 16.06.09 11:26:49, David Nolden wrote:
> Am Dienstag 16 Juni 2009 09:47:46 schrieb Robin Pedersen:
> > IMHO, this was a very bad idea. I just tried the recent trunk version
> > yesterday, and I don't like the appearance of these tabs. But more
> > importantly, I think it's very bad that application developers are
> > deliberately implementing inconsistency.
> >
> > Why do tabs in kdev4 need to be highlighted differently than tabs in
> > the rest of kde?
> > If you have a problem with the appearance of tabs, why don't you work
> > on oxygen instead of implementing this hack?
> >
> > Just an opinion, from a user's point of view.
> Because:
> A) Unlike other applications, in KDevelop4 there will be 2 groups of tabs 
> visible at the same time. And to reduce confusion, it makes sense to make them 
> look different, so it's "feelable" that both represent different concepts.
> B) These tabs are at top-right, slightly out of the user focus, and sometimes 
> may be changed automatically, which the user should notice. The highlight 
> moves them a bit closer to the focus.
> 
> It's not a customization to make the tabs prettier, but it's ment to increase 
> usability. Which is totally valid. If you have a better idea we can discuss 
> how to reach those goals in a better way.

I'm with David here, you should consider these tabs a new kind of custom
widget, not standard tabs. Besides that, they work perfectly in the theme I
use (oh wait, I don't have tabs for the files most of the time).

Andreas

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