[scribus-dev] Separation of the Align & Distribute buttons

[a.l.e]

hi drew,
> In the 1.3.3 branch, the Align&  Distribute window was not tabbed[1]. In
> 1.3.5 the A&D window was split into two tabs and it remains split in
> 1.3.9[2]. I don't know why this was done. I was unable to find any
> discussion of it in the mailing list archives. I suspect that users were
> confused by the similarity of the buttons, so the interface was split to
> avoid displaying so many similar icons at the same time. Making the
> interface easier to understand and less error prone for users is a great
> goal.
>
> I have users who are still using the 1.3.3 branch primarily because the
> lion's share of their work consists of selecting items, aligning in one
> dimension and distributing in the other dimension. For these users, the same
> task requires 50% more clicks in 1.3.9 than it does in 1.3.3. I would favor
> (and be willing to work on) moving the align and distribute tabs into
> separate windows so that they can be displayed on the screen at the same
> time, but not by default. I would also be satisfied with the tabs being
> detachable like GIMP or Photoshop, but I don't have the time for such an
> ambitious project.
>
> [1] 1.3.3 Align&  Distribute: http://i.imgur.com/7Cgkv.jpg
> [2] 1.3.9 Align&  Distribute: http://imgur.com/j2YtF.jpg

scribus 1.5svn i slowly losing most of its tabs... one of my goal is to 
get the A&D dialog in one single pane. or, at least, untabbed.

i'm still not sure whether one big dialog is better than lot of floating 
ones,  though...

ciao
a.l.e