On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 12:06 AM, Dan Loewenherz wrote: > > I would like to propose a refresh to the tab setup that we currently have in > the GUI. > > Here is what I would like to see-- > > 1) Tab layout remains stationary when a tab is closed. This is useful when > closing lots of tabs. It's annoying to have to move the mouse every time a > new tab is closed to hit the X. > > 2) Move the X to the right side of the tab. I'm actually not sure about this > one, but I think it deserves a discussion. > > 3) Make tab widths proportional to the number of tabs currently open, > filling the available space. > > 4) Possible rehaul of the visual design and user experience with the tab bar > generally. I'm a big fan of the rounded corner look on Chrome, and of the > little animations when opening / closing a tab on Chrome and Sublime Text 2.
I would love to see the tab bar updated. From what I can tell you are basically asking for the Chrome-style tabs instead of the (old) Safari-style tabs? Personally, I am a fan of how tabs function in Chrome (particularly item 1), but as for looks I prefer the tabs in Safari. At any rate, the problem in updating the tabs are that we currently use the PSMTabBarControl framework which I think should be ripped out completely but I don't know if there is any good replacement. Writing new tabs from scratch is probably more trouble than its worth. Is anybody aware of a modern and properly maintained tab bar framework to supersede PSMTabBarControl? (I had a look around and saw some forks of PSMTabBarControl but they did not give me the impression that they are what we need.) > I am also willing to financially support any sort of design / interface work > that falls in the above categories. Thank you for offering! Björn -- You received this message from the "vim_mac" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
