[BioPython] wxpython prototype

Andrew Dalke dalke@acm.org
Thu, 8 Jun 2000 23:24:16 -0600


>I'd like to know Andrews' objections to a tabbed options dialog.
>Throwing too many options at a novice user can cause confusion and the
>options dialog hides the confusion.  In The
>Inmates are Running the Asylum, Alan Cooper describes an alarm clock with
so
>many options, no one could figure out how to use it!


Pretty much the same reasons as Cooper.  Lots of examples at:
  http://www.iarchitect.com/tabs.htm

As the page says, it can be done well.  Any objections I have would
be because they are too easy to use wrong.

                    Andrew