[10:45] kemmko, a three-column window I designed a few years ago: https://bug619866.bugzilla-attachments.gnome.org/attachment.cgi?id=183091 [10:55] and it has a bottom edge! [10:55] mpt: see above, and thanks [10:56] mpt: I am not that worried about design but more about the behaviour of each panel especially if the app goes from phone/tablet to desktop environment [10:57] kemmko, I think we’ve discussed this before … Generally panes are replaced by hierarchy. For example Mail is three-pane on a Mac, two-pane on an iPad, one-pane on an iPhone. [10:58] Replaced by hierarchy as the screen gets smaller, I mean. [10:59] mpt: here is the thing, in many cases we don not need as three panel layout [10:59] mpt: at least for our convergent apps, it works just fine with the 2 panel for tablet/desktop [11:00] kemmko, well, sure, you don’t *need* it, you could just use hierarchy regardless of screen size. But there’s a reason mail clients usually aren’t one- or even two-pane on a desktop: it’s annoying. [11:01] Specifically it slows navigation and scanning of adjacent/new items. [11:05] mpt: actually many are in a two panel mode [11:07] kemmko, especially back in the 1990s when the standard display size was 800*600, two-pane was more common or a more prominent option. [11:07] (You can still configure Thunderbird to do that now, it just takes more work.) [11:08] mpt: this panels are staked one on top of each other, I am talking about the ones next to each other [11:20] kemmko, ok, so when you said two panel mode, you meant three panes in two columns? Yes, that’s still common (I use it), but three-column is increasingly common because average PC screen size+resolution is still increasing. If the screen is large enough for three columns, doing that lets you see more of a message, therefore reduces the probability that you need to scroll to read a message. [11:23] mpt: I never talked about "panes" always about panels and those are columns [11:23] kemmko, sorry, I’m not familiar with the difference between a pane and a panel :-) [11:24] mpt: np [11:24] mpt: at the moment I am looking into default behaviour for two panels/columns for desktop… [11:25] mpt: a 3 panel/column one will come be defined at a later point, we didn't have the time to look into that so far [11:26] ok === MacSlow is now known as MacSlow|lunch === MacSlow|lunch is now known as MacSlow === meetingology` is now known as meetingology