Here is the link to Bill's document: http://esme-dev.googlegroups.com/web/ESME%20Comments%2C%20v1%20r15.pdf?gda=-lJnt1sAAADIsTZigDe4Wl25qsa8lok7Jba8aBAiKvOjDKyDtv_kjMmJ3ovmuWbYr8GEQ-h8Dt-1sxyEJ5jfsVBnpp-dv2tv5dONe4EEFK-Mke7gERS1ewZF2vdCvKU-TDZpFtcP-AU
________________________________ From: Anne Kathrine Petteroe [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Fri 2/6/2009 12:30 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [UI] Browser Resizing Does anyone have the link to Bill's document still? I cannot find it anywhere... /Anne On 6. feb.. 2009, at 11.25, Darren Hague wrote: > Hi Anne, > > I agree with your analysis - I think that the size of a window is > the user's decision, not the application's. While it may be OK > sometimes for a desktop application to size itself, I think you are > right in pointing out that this is a bad idea for a browser-based > app. Of course, the app may work better or worse at any given size, > but ideally it should deal gracefully with resizing by the user. > > Cheers, > Darren > >> Hi, >> >> before we move on with the development of a new web UI, I would like >> to comment on the use of browser resizing. >> >> Based on the drawings in Bill's document, it looks like the UI will >> be >> living in it's own browser window to work best. >> When I look at the design it looks like it is sometimes not a full >> browser window but more like a floating box in a broswer window to >> me. >> See "The Shrunken Window" chapter for instance. >> >> I see a possible problem with a UI that runs in a separate browser >> window. Most modern browsers (FF, IE7+, etc) use tabs. >> Most users have learned to use multiple tabs rather than multiple >> browser instances. >> Therefore, resizing the entire browser window based on ESME-related >> changes would cause problems with the other applications that are in >> that browser instance. >> >> The problem for me with this is that I would never use a UI which >> needs a seperate window. (unless I am forced to use IE6) >> My browser window is always set to 1024px with at any given time at >> least 5 open tabs. Google Reader, gmail, twitter and SDN are the four >> services I *always* have open as tabs. >> I would like to see a UI which doesn't affect the size of my browser >> window, which means in any give state is no wider than 1024 px. >> >> What do others say about this issue? >> >> /Anne > > > > -- > [email protected]
