On Oct 17, 4:28 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.
Which seems to be a totally unwanted feature based on the feedback at http://groups.google.com/group/Google_Web_Search_Help-Personalizing/topics That is why we have tabbed browsers. If I want to see a full screen view I can open it in another tab. > 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. Wasted space is wasted space whether I am on a 30 in flatscreen or my laptop. > 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? I think it would help but the gadgets have lost some vital features. I can't choose to preview 0 emails in the Gmail gadget, so anyone who comes to my desk can read my latest email. The finance gadget now takes two clicks to get to the 'real' Google finance screen in addition to being stretched vertically and being clipped on the right. The weather widget takes up tons of more vertical space. I used the former iGoogle layout as a quick overview of information and now I can't fit the same amount of information on it. I have tweaked my layout and dropped some lesser used gadgets but I still can't make it fit. The left sidebar, while it is less than the width of one of my 3 columns, takes enough from each column that they are all squished and very hard to read. If this change is here to stay, Google had better be prepared to lose a lot of users. The forum I listed above has entries on what competing service to switch in addition to tricks like changing your homepage to the .ie domain. Which I have done until I can find a replacement or Google comes to their senses. ... Jay --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
