39930 - [Classic Windows] Sidebar panel headers should look like tabs

Status: VERIFIED WONTFIX

(SeaMonkey :: Themes, defect, P5)

Description

[german]

Ben you broke the UI design for the sidebar panels which was based on usability
feedback and had worked much better for end users, than flat non-descriptive
look we had before. We need to restore this beack for beta2. Slamm and I were
already working on improving the space consumtion of the tabs.

Comment 1

[german]

adding nsbeta2 keyword as this needs to be fixed before PR2 goes out

Comment 2

[Matthew T (active 1999-2002)]

This is a regression of bug 28353. See that bug for more info about exactly how 
to implement the tabs.

Comment 3

[Ben Goodger (use ben at mozilla dot org for email)]

I will revert the changes. Note that this is because I believe bug 28353 makes a 
reasonable case, not because I endorse the current implementation which is 
incredibly poor in the current context.

Once this bug is fixed I will file a new bug on UE to produce a tab UI that does 
not suck.

Comment 4

[Matthew T (active 1999-2002)]

Ben, see also bug 34925 and bug 36028, which may include what you're talking 
about.

Comment 5

[Ben Goodger (use ben at mozilla dot org for email)]

checked in. 

Comment 6

[Matthew T (active 1999-2002)]

Reopening for implementation in the Classic skin. Classic has better affordances 
than Modern for every other kind of widget, so it seems silly that Modern should 
have understandable sidebar tabs while Classic doesn't.

Comment 7

[Matthew T (active 1999-2002)]

Ok, we have bug 53819 for doing this in Mac Classic, so I'm narrowing this bug 
down to Windows Classic only.

You will probably have to use tabs with sloping edges here, like those in Lotus 
Word Pro for Windows. Even though they would look different from ordinary Windows 
tabs, they would be more than twice as obvious as the current rectangles, so the 
inconsistency would be worth it.

Comment 8

[Joe Hewitt (gone)]

taking

Comment 9

[hangas]

Themes Triage Team wontfix

Comment 10

[Matthew T (active 1999-2002)]

Sorry to disturb, but if you're going to wontfix a bug in Bugzilla you should 
really give a reason.

For bonus points, post the results of a usability test showing that users found 
the rectangles easier to understand (i.e. quicker to navigate) than the tabs.

Comment 11

[Patty Mac]

Based on Paul Hangas's saying this bug marked as "wonfix"dated 2001-01-19.
Marking verfied "wonfix".