[TxMt] multi-row tabs

[Charilaos Skiadas]

On Dec 6, 2005, at 2:38 PM, Jamal Johnson wrote:

> i don't use the drawer.
> that's why i'm suggesting a simple CHECKBOX option. if you don't  
> want it, don't check it. and if it drives you nuts NOT to have it,  
> then click it....

My understanding is that the "multiple rows of tabs" design is a  
design that is pretty strongly discouraged by the Apple UI  
guidelines, and certainly not implemented by the system, and not easy  
to implement by hand either. So before we continue this discussion,  
please offer us some examples of other applications that do it this way.

What might be more productive is if we each describe how we use the  
project window, what *particular* operations we want to perform, and  
why we think a particular pattern would be best. I personally always  
use the "GoTo File" browser, and never even look at the tabs, unless  
I work with two particular files, in which case I'd place them next  
to each other and use option-command arrow keys. So I find no need to  
have a long list of all the files I have opened, taking up valuable  
space.

Yes, we *could* have a checkbox to make it an option, provided Allan  
implements what is a non-trivial construction, but we could do the  
same with 1500 other options, resulting in a completely chaotic and  
useless preferences menu. So if you want such an option, you need to  
make a *very* good usability argument.

Haris