On Sunday 24 August 2008 07:13:38 am Ed Leafe wrote: > On Aug 23, 2008, at 9:27 PM, Nate Lowrie wrote: > > I already gave you the 2 compelling reasons that developers would pick > > this over the native page frame. > > My bad then. I didn't think of either of them as 'compelling'; they > just seemed like cool extra goodies. > > > The first is the customization of the tab display area through > > different properties. > > That's what you mean by 'styled'? > > > The second, and IMHO more important reason is that it offer better > > nav functionality > > in the form for the dropdown tab list as well as the nav buttons and > > also offers a close button on the right of the header and on every > > tab. > > So it's like a mix of dPageFrame and dPageSelect? With the addition > of the close buttons? > > > The 2 names I got out of those two feature sets (dStyledPageFrame > > and dAdavncedPageFrame) were disliked for not being specific enough. > > Do you at least understand my objection? Let's say someone came out > with a variation of a paged control that worked differently than both > the base wx.Notebook and the Flat Notebook. Why would the flat version > be considered 'advanced' or 'styled'? Wouldn't the new variation also > be able to be described by those two names? > > The three current variations clearly indicate why they are different: > they use a list control, a dropdown selector, or no tabs/programmatic > only methods of changing the selected page. They are also all not the > native paged controls, so naming based on 'nativeness' doesn't make > any sense at all. > > In case you haven't guessed, I've deliberately avoided playing around > with the flat notebook class so as not to get a pre-conceived notion. > I wanted you to sell me on why I would want to ever use this over the > multitude of paged controls we currently offer. Then the name would be > obvious. > > > -- Ed Leafe
It maybe just me but this is the first clear understanding of your stated position that I have understood. But I see Nate's and Paul's problem. How to find a short word to describe a special set of features. Of course you could just name it "dPageFrameWithButtonAndClosedTabs" . But that's wrong too. So here are my suggestions. Maybe the we should use the name wxPython provided? Ed should play with the code and come up with a better name from the experience of using the class. Keep the current name and wait for a new user to complain and asked them to provide a better name. -- John Fabiani _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/dabo-dev Searchable Archives: http://leafe.com/archives/search/dabo-dev This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
