Hall Stevenson wrote: > > > > How about a 'mouseover' type effect in that the 'X' only > > > appears when you move the mouse over the tab ?? > > > Maybe add a short delay before it appears so that it > > > doesn't appear when you're simply trying to select that > > > tab. > > > > Oh no! You shouldn't do this for the same reason you > > shouldn't have a Search button which changes to Stop > > when you are searching. If it changes just as you click, > > bad things happen. > > Why would it change ?? It would only change from nothing to an > 'x'. It either works or it doesn't work. I'm not suggesting a > dual-function like you are when comparing to a search/stop > button.
It's bad because it's not easily discoverable. If you didn't know it wass there, you wouldn't be able to find it.
