[APBeta] APBeta Digest, Vol 19, Issue 6

[Owen Brazell]

My suggestion Paul is push this to version 2.1 or 3 and go with what you
have now.

owen

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Today's Topics:

   1. New tab panel concept (Paul Rodman)


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Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:29:35 -0800
From: Paul Rodman <paul at ilanga.com>
To: AstroPlanner Beta Testers <apbeta at lists.astroplanner.net>
Subject: [APBeta] New tab panel concept
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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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Windows in night vision mode:

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Note that this is the first cut. The tab headings themselves will be
night-vision compliant in the final version, and the tab panel will probably
have rounded corners, shadow effect, etc.

This will require some work for me, and will make the app a bit more
difficult to maintain, but is doable. The other option is just to live with
the native controls.

Paul R.


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