> Since we are comparing to the Windows task bar, in Windows, the items are > easily distinguished because they have different icons (and colors). In > IDEA > all the tabs looks the same which makes it hard to find the one you want. > Somebody mentioned earlier an idea of assigning colors to the tabs. It > sound > like a good idea to me.
As Peter Coad says in UML with Color book: "2-3 colors is usually enough, five is too many. Four color combinations must be selected with great care. Nothing looks worse than too many colors" So to tackle too-many-undistinguishable-tabs problem use of colors is not a good idea IMHO. > Another good idea is to have a quick way to close the one you don't want. > Lime Wire for example (another Java application) uses a small [x] on each > tab so you can close it with a single mouse click. As does Lotus Notes and it's great. An x for closing and a little drop-down arrow beneath is probably a good idea too (drop down will show a popup menu). Ara. _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Eap-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellij.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-list
