From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Kangas Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Starting the Emacs 27 release cycle Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2019 06:55:28 +0100 Message-ID: References: <83r21yttok.fsf@gnu.org> <87zhgm18wf.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <867478061ef6dd9365b71aeb886c2b3e@webmail.orcon.net.nz> <87eexsx54t.fsf@mail.linkov.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="9272"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" Cc: Phil Sainty , Eli Zaretskii , Emacs developers To: Juri Linkov Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Nov 28 06:56:23 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1iaCms-0002IK-Tq for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 28 Nov 2019 06:56:23 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45548 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iaCmr-0004oc-Er for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 28 Nov 2019 00:56:21 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:54486) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iaCmb-0004lc-59 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Nov 2019 00:56:06 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iaCmX-0001dx-Pc for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Nov 2019 00:56:03 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-pf1-f173.google.com ([209.85.210.173]:38439) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iaCmI-0001KB-Ge; Thu, 28 Nov 2019 00:55:46 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-pf1-f173.google.com with SMTP id c13so12584583pfp.5; Wed, 27 Nov 2019 21:55:41 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=LnkgKYNuVEIlEdJavwDzL2T0SoAeDSaPU0XP7il7PTw=; b=dFbb6aFTs5Hl41HhiyFhfBnxgnv7lHZG90Q6+ujhHtFyuMwPgbVtcnLxNnclhvUWeR vAITMcV8iP6yOxf6ion4YlvH/J5Jga+CAUcdg7HEqrjpXdMjN2heVCJPWR7PcMOWopH8 MFa8T10kLQW2nXgk29G8yl08gE2zfvPgH1ZBaL4gvfJeYzF+MqOSWlT2xhimSn/C907R 8fMpd1rSNhXAkHIXbm/ZCiY2RM7cdRtPoEKaFq7xWxxwnBV971VF3+P782+4XG+oW49F qyiSU/1RY6nbGiXS+4Lyp293kadoVrniYId4yhQkVI/vJbU9/6qnhjjGC+ULGNYdvBXR J0rg== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAV9+v0kUi3FDXUTWnyn9F8EKqYCPn0d2Sz+9Lzc/b6M3aQvBqnL y4lpIHrBuXpgGPYIBIqpl0Y0YGTuT4nyrZl2vjQ= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqx2GVZyvBGsDPtAGwOVSP4WlvUxGtqqVZNiU9f3MW7r0a/0bZCwkHOgyUs9IhuJN6+U7ivks4NshwegikZIf4M= X-Received: by 2002:a63:4948:: with SMTP id y8mr9764175pgk.333.1574920540211; Wed, 27 Nov 2019 21:55:40 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <87eexsx54t.fsf@mail.linkov.net> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 209.85.210.173 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:242820 Archived-At: Juri Linkov writes: > I'm still not sure if a fancier look is worth the trouble, > especially since in some sense it's a change for the worse: > it takes too much screen space, so less tabs can fit into the tab bar. > > Please see the difference: the first image is the current tab shapes, > on the second image you can see that less tabs can be displayed > on the tab bar: FWIW, and this is of course highly subjective, but I think the rounded style looks much better, more professional and more modern. The trade-off with regards to screen real estate will be well worth it for the default case, I think. If we decide to go that way, we could always keep the other look around as an option for those working on smaller screens. Best regards, Stefan Kangas