On Sat, 17 Mar 2018 22:05:28 -0700 (PDT) rengel <reinhard.engel...@gmail.com> wrote:
> One thing I never understood about the Leo GUI : > > Why is the tab bar with the open files right below the title bar, but > above the menu bar and the tool bar? > > Imagine a car where the accelerator and the brake were switched. > > In almost every other application (I know of) the order is: > > title bar > menu bar > tool bar > breadcrumbs (if used) > tab bar (if used) Firefox / Chrome / and I think at least one of the MS browsers have tabs on top. Admittedly they don't really have menu bars, but they have similarly critical elements under the tabs. In both cases (Leo and browsers) the tabs represent a complete change of context, so I don't really see the tab positioning as surprising. In Leo, perhaps more than other apps., changing tabs can change the menus and tools available. In that sense they're the highest level of containment, so that combined with the web browser example makes me thing this isn't really confusing users. Gimp the image editor is a good example of where a lower tab bar makes sense, because all it does is change the image being edited, not the tools / menus available. Cheers -Terry > An application that exemplifies this order very well is PyCharm. > Like Leo it has an outline structure and several resizeable panes, > each with multiple tabs for open files and functions. > > This order implies a natural hierarchy and reflects some of the > paramount principles of GUI design: > - Don't surprise the user. > - Utilize prior knowledge. > > If someone is interested, there is more on this topic in 'GUI > Bloopers 2.0: Common User Interface Design Don'ts and Dos' (just > google for 'GUI bloopers). > > > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to leo-editor+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to leo-editor@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
