[Adium-devl] Support for adding new view?

[Andre-John Mas]

This issue I have always had with the current finder info window is  
that it fails to support
  scrolling if you open too many sections.

Another solution would be keep the current layout and simply replace  
the tabs by a combo
box. The thing that current presentation has going for it is  
simplicity and it doesn't feel
over loaded.

Andre

On 10-Nov-06, at 16:31 , Colin Barrett wrote:

> Why would we need to use PSM tabs? Who needs to drag and re-order  
> the tabs?
>
> Also, I'm not sure how the finder's get info is wasteful: here it  
> is with no sections open:
>
>
> <Picture 9.png>
> And with the default:
>
>
> <Picture 10.png>
>
>
> Adium's get info window has a terrible UI right now, and I really  
> think it needs improvement and reorganization. The Finder's get  
> info window, I think, is a nice example of a modular UI that works  
> much better than what we have currently.
>
> On Nov 10, 2006, at 11:17 AM, Ofri Wolfus wrote:
>
>> I must say I don't like the Finder's info window as it wastes lots  
>> of space when you have few sections opened. I suggest allowing  
>> plugins to add new tabs to the panel and stay with the current  
>> look (maybe use PSMTabs?).
>>
>> - Ofri
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>> On 10/11/2006, at 23:04, disposable at infinitenexus.com wrote:
>>
>>> If the disclosable view concept is used I think it'll be relatively
>>> hard to make the overall view look horrible, because each "part"
>>> becomes its own functional segment defined by the content rect,
>>> disclosure button and title. So an info window plugin would need to
>>> provide a view and a localized title and then handle itself. Thus  
>>> the
>>> worse that could happen is a badly laid out section of controls, but
>>> its contained, and the majority will likely be owned by the core, so
>>> it should be a negligible impact as ours will be 'best of breed'.
>>> Disjointed, possibly.
>>>
>>> That's my .02, unadjusted.
>>>
>>> - brian 'bgannin' ganninger
>>>
>>> On Nov 10, 2006, at 2:33 PM, Colin Barrett wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Nov 10, 2006, at 10:27 AM, Evan Schoenberg wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Nov 10, 2006, at 3:14 PM, Colin Barrett wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Chris brings up an excellent point -- we were thinking of  
>>>>>> adding an
>>>>>> International area to the get info window (it's getting a  
>>>>>> facelift
>>>>>> soon, more on that as I have time to write it) with per-user  
>>>>>> Spell
>>>>>> Check prefs and timezone information.
>>>>>
>>>>> The translation plugin could be included and integrated to an
>>>>> International area, as well.
>>>>>
>>>>> The Get Info window used to be dynamically built up using views
>>>>> supplied by multiple plugins... but it turns out to be a huge  
>>>>> hassle
>>>>> to make these look good together.  Not an argument against,  
>>>>> really,
>>>>> but just something to keep in mind in implementing a rewrite.
>>>>
>>>> The plan is to make something that looks a lot like the Finder's  
>>>> Get
>>>> Info window. I haven't even hit the mockup stage for this yet, so i
>>>> can't really tell you what it's going to end up looking like other
>>>> than that.
>>>>
>>>> -Colin
>>>>
>>>>
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