Reducing tab size

Kevin M Stange kevin at simguy.net
Thu Aug 16 23:12:33 EDT 2007


Sean Egan wrote:
> Ok, tonight is release night, which makes now decision time!
> 
> We currently have http://pidgin.im/~seanegan/images/tabs2.png with
> label formatting used to indicate buddy state.
> 
> We can also do http://pidgin.im/~seanegan/small-tab-icons.png;
> reducing the size of the icons reaps most of the benefits of removing
> them altogether.
> 
> Which is better?
> 
> I'm probably going to revert the tab truncation, with the goal of
> doing it smarter later.
> 
> Kevin said that nobody liked making tabs invisible from single-tabbed
> windows, and that he'd get everyone to complain at me, but nobody has
> since. To the contrary, I've gotten several compliments  about it.
> 

I was too busy to rally everyone.. :P

I still don't like it, and I got general agreement that it sucked when I
was talking about it on devel at c.p.i.  Perhaps you should inquire there. :P

Kevin

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