[DUG] Problem redeeming Delphi XE BOGO free product

[Jolyon Smith]

OK, looks like you (and perhaps FireFox) say "tabs" where I say thumb-nailed
bookmark ;)

A tab to me is a page actively loaded from a web site.



> Think of it as an alternative to bookmarks and opening
> bookmarks.

>From what I (briefly) have seen of Panorama, it's not a revolutionary new
paradigm shift at all, it's just a better way to present and organise...
bookmarks.

200+ bookmarks... yep, I can see organising those can be improved and
useful.

But that's not quite the same as 200+ actual web pages open in active
browser tabs which is what I envisaged when you used the term "tab" in that
context.

And still, that being the case, opening 200+ thumbnails isn't the same as
connecting to 200+ actual web sites.  Panorama is just Chrome's "Most
visited" page gallery taken to the next level.


> The MS Office way is to introduce the ribbon menus to find options more
easily.

ime the ribbons do the exact opposite!!  They put options in obscure places
AND disenfranchise the user - if you don't like where MS decide to put an
option, tough - get used to it.

ymmv  :)


> In Delphi applications the most usual approach is to filter 
> a large dataset in a grid.

You are conflating a LOT of different and unrelated things here.

Grouping and visualising bookmarked web sites is unlikely to have much in
common with the need to filter data sets in an database application.


> The Firefox Panorama is quite a new paradigm - organise groups visually on
> screen yourself by spatial placement - the user chooses the size  and 
> placement.

Actually, this is a very OLD idea.

Windows 3.x Program Manager springs immediately to mind as representative of
precisely the same "new paradigm".


> Way more intuitive than folders.

How so?  Windows Explorer allows you to customise the size and placement of
folders and even their appearance.

Or put another way...

Windows Explorer Desktop employs a familiar paradigm - organise groups 
visually on  screen yourself by spatial placement - the user chooses the 
size and placement.

Sound familiar ?

;)