[Design] [cosmo] [proposal] Detail View

Matthew Eernisse mde at osafoundation.org
Mon May 7 16:10:10 PDT 2007


Yeah, that's why I was saying that anything that buys us breathing space 
there is a good thing. I don't know if it's a slippage risk though -- 
more a usability risk because that description field is getting small, 
and we know people hate typing lengthy text in tiny boxes. :)

Mikeal Rogers wrote:
>> Now that I am actually going to check for myself -- it looks like the 
>> current, non-collapsible design does not actually fit in 1024x768 
>> resolution in a default Firefox install, because of the addition of 
>> the tabs. Looks like it still just barely fits in IE7. That stuff is 
>> already getting pretty compressed in there -- but I'm guessing our 
>> solution there would be to shave down the description field even more? 
>> Can one of the designers comment on this for me?
> 
> When we are this tight for space should we consider it a potential risk 
> for slippage when fixing issues we find down the road?
> 
> -Mikeal



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