I have a plan, and unless anyone strenuously objects, I plan on
executing it. The plan is to
* Get rid of the giant preferences panel headers.
Every other piece of software that I can think of that has a multipane
preferences dialog similar to ours (Opera, Internet Explorer Macintosh,
Microsoft Word 2.0, Macromedia Dreamweaver etc) simply rely on selection
in the category tree as an indication of what is selected.
Wins:
- more vertical space (although this may allow me to widen the category
list slightly and shrink vertically, so don't bet on an abundance)
- less clutter
Landing plan:
- The Safe Way: I plan simply set display: none for the header box
binding, and then systematically remove the XUL from every panel.
Comments? Some of my .9.3 bugs are contingent on doing this, so I'd like
to produce this patch within the next 2-3 weeks.
-Ben
