I'm sure we're all using at least 1280X1024 and so there is enough
real-estate so that the tabs won't overflow. (They don't overflow now, do
they? And they will take up less real estate by having them in one control.)
There are also two choices the programmer has as to the behavior of tab
overflow. One puts out multiple rows and the other puts an arrow at the
right that lets you scroll through the tabs. Both options are obnoxious in a
most people's opinions. Interfaces should be designed so that tab overflow
doesn't happen. One solution when there are a lot of properties is to have
nested tab controls, but this is a very thorny problem for programmers, not
easily kicked out in a weekend. The Microsoft SDK doesn't support it
directly, and I've seldom seen it implemented (I've done it, and know how
difficult it is).
Frank Paris
marshalt@spiritone.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
> [mailto:owner-filmscanners@halftone.co.uk]On Behalf Of Alan Tyson
> Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 9:27 PM
> To: filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
> Subject: Re: filmscanners: Need feedback on VueScan Idea
>
>
> I should be happy to have a single group of tabs, provided
> that you don't use the dreadful standard MS tab system,
> where the tabs rotate apparently at random, so that I can't
> remember which ones I've just looked at.
>
> PS: I still remember & love 'Vuescan Classic' where all
> settings were visible on one screen at the same time. This
> meant driving the scanner and twiddling its output was
> analogous to a simplified NASA control centre with knobs &
> dials, rather than a TV remote control.
>
> Regards,
>
> Alan T
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <EdHamrick@aol.com>
> To: <filmscanners@halftone.co.uk>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 11:08 PM
> Subject: filmscanners: Need feedback on VueScan Idea
>
>
> > I'm curious what people think of the idea of having
> > VueScan with one tab visible at a time (i.e. not having
> > one group of tabs on the right and the preview/scan
> > visible on the left, but instead one grouping of all
> > the tabs).
>
>
