On 11.11.2012, at 08:54, björn wrote: > 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.)
There are a few projects that extracted chromium's tabs (for example https://github.com/rsms/chromium-tabs). I don't know if they are actively maintained though. Tweaking the appearance is probably fairly easy using PSMTabBarControl's assets. Nico > >> 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 -- 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
