A collapsible left-hand nav would definitely work for me as well as the option to choose between the old or new iGoogle in the iGoogle settings.
Also, perhaps some day Google will consider to let us reduce the height of the header. On Oct 17, 5:28 am, "Bonstio (Guru)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Dana, > > I guess you are talking about the left hand navigation. That's not > strictly the same as canvas view; this is the ability to maximize > gadgets. > > I agree with you that there should still be the option to revert to > the current (soon to be former) layout with the tabs at the top. > However, I don't really agree with your point about wasted space. With > widescreen monitors becoming increasingly common I think it makes > sense to make more use of horizontal space. > > Perhaps it would be a nice idea to be able to collapse the left hand > nav? Like in Google Maps. This would maybe keep everyone happy? > > On Oct 17, 1:00 am, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > One of the attracting features of igoogle was its simplicity and easy > > load. Imagine our shock and horror at the loss of real estate and the > > loss of a familiar layout. > > > The canvas view is wasted space and is now going to be deleted as the > > homepage for our businesses computers. > > We set the igoogle up with feeds relevant to the employees. The > > employees have enough on their desktops and to do list without wasting > > valuable real estate with an unnecessary and redundant menu on the > > left. > > Instead of forcing a perspective - why not give us options? If you > > want your product to be useful to more than just a select few - then > > stop being dictatorial in what is provided. Provide an opt out > > feature and give us the option to decline the change. > > > For now - we are changing from having igoogle as the homepage and > > going to another source, probably dogpile or other, that does not have > > the junky wasted space on it. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iGoogle Developer Forum" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Gadgets-API?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
