[txmt-dev] Re: Main Window UI Concept

[Daniel]

On Aug 24, 2012, at 15:33 , Allan Odgaard wrote:

> On Aug 24, 2012, at 3:23 PM, Daniel <flambino at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> For the records: https://github.com/textmate/textmate/issues/214
>> Whoops - should've seen that, sorry. I'll go +1 that issue.
> 
> Oh, it wasn’t meant like that, more for Michael to know that you’re not the only one wanting this.
No offense taken, don't worry; just good to see I'm not alone in this, and good reminder to check the github issues in general :)

> Personally though, as visible on the issue, I see decreasing the width of the tab bar as decreasing visibility and I don’t buy this logic argument, the tabs bleed into the title bar instead of the text view, so if we go by this strict logic, that should also be reversed.
Good point about the blended tabs.

As for visibility, I'd argue that the full-width tab bar mostly "buys time"; given enough tabs, you'll run out of space anyway. A full-width tab bar delays that a bit. I'd still vote for a qualitatively better (in my opinion) overall layout at the expense of a bit of quantity (tab bar space).
Also, personally, the tabs above the sidebar are already somewhat "invisible" to me, because I don't expect to find them there. My eyes usually follow the gutter upwards, and then skim to the right across the tabs, so subjectively speaking, the full-width tab bar doesn't help visibility. 

best
- daniel

p.s. Thanks for TextMate - completely forgot to say that earlier, though I can't say it enough