[APBeta] New tab panel concept

[Gary A. Ferguson]

I like it, but I would be happy to have it be a v2.1 feature.

Gary

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[mailto:apbeta-bounces at lists.astroplanner.net] On Behalf Of Paul Rodman
Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 1:30 PM
To: AstroPlanner Beta Testers
Subject: [APBeta] New tab panel concept

Tab panels on Windows suffer from several drawbacks:

a. They can be somewhat "difficult to spot", since the tabs are relatively
small and non-obvious, especially in a large and complex window.
b. The tab panels themselves are displayed with a white (or light
background) that doesn't play nicely with the AstroPlanner night vision
mode.
c. They look completely different from the Mac OS tab panel, which is more
obvious, has centred tabs and a blue highlight.
d. The tabs themselves are plain text only. No icons or close widgets can be
added.

I'm toying (just toying, mind you) with the concept of changing tab panels
to a new design, and would like some feedback. Here's the initial take, with
the existing tab panel design on top and the new one (first cut) at the
bottom:

Mac OS X:




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