[Pan-users] RFC: Pan prefs tabs reorganization Was: [latest git] Assertions hit in header-pane.cc

[Duncan]

walt posted on Sun, 28 Oct 2012 17:42:58 +0000 as excerpted:

>> I don't see any way to turn off the dl-meter status bar segment,
> 
> The checkbox is in 'Panes' tab of Edit::Preferences (not Settings,
> sorry).
> (Are you seeing eleven different tabs in the Preferences dialog? 
> 'Panes' is tab number two for me.)

Ahh, THERE it is!  A status bar segment does not fit my definition of 
"pane", so I missed it.

Yes, there's eleven tabs.  IMO that's too many, and that tab only has the 
two checkboxes.  And a status bar doesn't match my definition of "pane".  
I think I'd put it under layout, as there's room there.  Putting it in 
misc is possible too, especially if misc is merged back in with behavior 
after moving the articles and groups section over to the headers tab, as 
suggested below.

The other option there, task pane info popups, could go under misc.  That 
would get rid of the panes tab.

>From the current behavior tab, the groups and articles sections could be 
moved to the headers tab, since the options all seem to do with headers 
pane behavior.  That would leave a much smaller behavior tab, such that 
the current misc. tab could be subsumed into behavior, getting rid of the 
misc tab.

Then move the upload tab's only option, encoding, from there to behavior 
as well, getting rid of the upload tab.

That would eliminate the misc, panes and upload tabs, reducing tab count 
to eight:  Behavior, layout, headers, actions, fonts, colors, 
applications and shortcuts.

Arguably fonts and colors could be merged into an appearance tab too. 
reducing tab count to seven. Admittedly the appearance tab would then be 
a bit long, but shortcuts would still be much longer.

What think ye?

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