[Qgis-developer] Tips & news

[Tim Sutton]

Hi Kari

> On 30 Sep 2015, at 22:26, Kari Salovaara <kari.salovaara at pp1.inet.fi> wrote:
> 
> Hi Paolo and all,
> 
> I think idea is good but I found one negative side.
> I like to have map canvas as large as possible -> tabs make it smaller.
> Same happens when you have a lot of plugins, they create more and more bars (also below the canvas!)
> If tabs will be used more in future, there will be then some area away from canvas all the time.
> 
> I think we should develop some method to keep canvas as large as possible. There is users (like ngo) who cannot afford to buy nice 4K displays. I think that even HD size is for lunatics.

The tabs under discussion are not permanent - they are only visible until you open a project or add a first layer. If you try one of the nightly builds you should see the startup tabs and then get a better idea about the discussion.

Regards

Tim

> 
> Cheers,
> Kari
> 
> On 09/30/2015 10:17 PM, Paolo Cavallini wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> now that we have a news tab on startup, I think we could get rid of the
>> Tips popup, integrating the same information as an additional tab.
>> Opinions?
>> All the best.
> 
> 
> --
> Kari Salovaara
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> 
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