What's this "simplified IDEAl" mode?

On Thursday 27 July 2006 15:47, mwoehlke wrote:
> While looking at 'new features for 3.4.x', I saw:
>
> * Simple IDEAl UI mode is now the default
>    + It's faster and has less bugs
>    + Takes less screen estate
>    + The viewspace can be split...
>    + IntelliJ IDEA - alike toolview keyboard
navigation...
>    + Better keyboard navigation and focusing
>
> Alas, I saw this AFTER trying out 3.3.91, and going,
"OMG What happened
> to the UI?!".
>
> Basically, I have two complaints against
'Simplified'.
>
> First, I miss the 'show contents while resizing' mode
of regular IDEA1.
>
> Second, "takes less screen estate" is
completely false (at least with my
> UI settings*); this is why I initially freaked out when
I saw the
> change. There are several pixels of padding around the
docked-window
> tabs that aren't there on regular-not-simplified
IDEA1. Also, the
> docking tab-bars don't go away if they are empty. Both
of these result
> in simplified devouring considerably MORE pixels than
its cousin.
>
> The obvious solution is to use regular-not-simplified
IDEA1... but what
> about "faster and has less bugs"?
>

It's not based on the steaming pile of crap that is the
KMDI library.

> (* I am using the bluecurve widget set, on KDE 3.4.3. I
can share
> additional information on my UI config if needed.)

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Matt Rogers wrote:
> On Thursday 27 July 2006 15:47, mwoehlke wrote:
>> While looking at 'new features for 3.4.x', I saw:
>>
>> * Simple IDEAl UI mode is now the default
>>    + It's faster and has less bugs
>>    + Takes less screen estate
>>    + The viewspace can be split...
>>    + IntelliJ IDEA - alike toolview keyboard
navigation...
>>    + Better keyboard navigation and focusing
>>
>> Alas, I saw this AFTER trying out 3.3.91, and
going, "OMG What happened
>> to the UI?!".
>>
>> Basically, I have two complaints against
'Simplified'.
>>
>> First, I miss the 'show contents while resizing'
mode of regular IDEA1.
>>
>> Second, "takes less screen estate" is
completely false (at least with my
>> UI settings*); this is why I initially freaked out
when I saw the
>> change. There are several pixels of padding around
the docked-window
>> tabs that aren't there on regular-not-simplified
IDEA1. Also, the
>> docking tab-bars don't go away if they are empty.
Both of these result
>> in simplified devouring considerably MORE pixels
than its cousin.
>>
>> The obvious solution is to use
regular-not-simplified IDEA1... but what
>> about "faster and has less bugs"?
> 
> It's not based on the steaming pile of crap that is
the KMDI library.

Right. Soo.... can we fix the 'it takes *more* screen
space' issue, and 
maybe get 'show contents while resizing' behavior? Then I
wouldn't be 
stuck with the one "based on the steaming pile of crap
that is the KMDI 
library". Right now the screen-use thing makes it a
poor alternative 
(for me, anyway), rather than an improvement.

I'm certainly not trying to say we should drop the new
'simplified 
IDEA1'. I'm all for forward progress; we're just not
there yet. 

-- 
Matthew
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