The option to collapse would not do it for me. I simply like to navigate from the top. It's not a space issue, it's a convenience issue. I've never been a fan of havingto expand or collapse anything while surfing.
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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
