GUI Design: Palettes vs. Drawers
Monday, July 31st, 2006There’s an interesting philosophical GUI-design question which is promulgating amongst Mac-development forums. That is, the question of whether to use palettes or drawers for displaying relevant or sub-information to the current selection in a window.
You can read more at:
- The Flying Meat board, including this post
- Gus Mueller’s blog (where it kinda all began)
- Oreilly’s madevcenter.com
Ultimately, I think both can and should be included in a solution. There are pros and cons to both. What are your thoughts?