[GNC] Tabs Behaviors in GNC4.1

[Geert Janssens]

Op woensdag 16 september 2020 10:07:09 CEST schreef Kim:
> I prefer the way GnuCash tabs work now.  However, I have read the recent bug
> report and endorse the view that a preference option that provides choice
> between current & earlier tab behaviour is the best way to resolve this.

No. An extra option to choose between old and new behaviour is *never* the best way to solve 
something. It may be from the naive point of view of a user. But it leads to unmaintainable code.

If we would have added such an option for each time a user didn't like a user interface change 
we would by now have a preference dialog of 30 tabs.

Each time an option to choose between old and new behaviour is requested, what really should 
happen is analyse the perceived benefits of old and new behaviour, look which ones can be 
combined in an improved design and make compromises based on relative importance of the 
various benefits.

That's what has started on the bug report.

Regards,

Geert