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Re: Drawers

on 1/14/01 3:34 AM, Jon Hull at email@hidden wrote:

> I really like drawers... but it really bothers me that they have no
> visual clues as how to open or close them. Even in the Mail App, the
> drawer opens when you hit a button which is miles away... and it pops
> up in a drag from nowhere (the surprise from the audience when jobs
> first showed this may sell computers, but it is a symptom of bad UI.)
>
> What do you guys think would be a good fix? I think they should have
> small tabs on the side where the drawers come from. They could be
> hidden from all but the front window... They could even slide out
> from behind the window when it is brought to front or has a drag over
> it.

I agree; drawers rule, but figuring out how to open them is currently not
intuitive. A little clickable notch or widget near the place where the
drawer should slide out would be an excellent cue. It should really be a
standard Appearance widget so that, with time, users will recognize it and
say "great! a drawer!" automatically.

BTW, how do you implement a drawer in Carbon? I'd love to put drawers in an
app I'm writing, but I have no idea how.

(This is probably a question more suited to the HI Toolbox list, so I'm
cross-posting.)



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