[Zope] Zope 2.3.0 beta 1 - thanks :-)

Martijn Pieters mj@digicool.com
Thu, 18 Jan 2001 14:53:19 +0100


On Wed, Jan 17, 2001 at 11:06:25PM -0000, Chris Withers wrote:
> > This suddenly rings a bell; I remember now that NS4 seems to have a
> > 'grid' system for laying out frames. It snaps to certain sizes, and
> > adding a few pixels plus or minus won't get you a visible change.
> > Sizing of frames can only happen in larger steps.
> 
> Wow that sucks :-(
> 
> How does Mozilla/Netscape 6 fare on this?

It doesn't use the same code-base, so I must assume for now it doesn't
have the same problem. Enough people have been using it in the early
development days to kick up a big fuss if it did.

It has been a while since I had to know about these things though.

> > this (especially when using bordelress frames).
> 
> Speaking, of which, how about making that top frame (and maybe the side
> frame) borderless? The left frame still needs to be resisable, so the
> boirder may have to stay there...

Half borders are painful to look at, if they can be specified that way in
the first place. You don't *need* the border for resizability BTW, but you
do need a visual clue there is a border there to grab and move. A
contracting frame background could help there.

> PS: It's really cool how you actually listened to your users and provided an
> easy way to change a feature that they didn't like. I still use Office '95
> at home 'cos that *&^*&ing paperclip proved so annoying ;-)

You *do* know you can switch the paperclip off, don't you? ;)

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