[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#11048) Tabs for Reports--issue

["Vasco Alexandre da Silva Costa" <vasc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

<URL: http://rt.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=11048 >

On Wed, 17 Nov 2004, Ed Earl Ross wrote:

> <URL: http://rt.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=11048 >
>
> I know, but the color change is too subtle to always catch my eye,
> especially if I am concentrating on a battle. The contrast between a
> message box popping up, which prevents one from seeing all the map, and
> a tab changing color is huge.

FWIW, there is another popup dialog, per message, configurable in the
message options. It is also possible to disable tabs and put things back
like they were in the client options.

> In general the tabs are great. However, in one case, the economy report,
> I do not like the tabbed report. Previously, I kept the economy report
> always open in the lower right corner of my screen, which allows me to
> quickly glance down to see if my income is large enough or should be
> increased.
>
> What I'd really like is the total gold (+ or -) displayed on the left,
> after the "Gold" value on the left hand side of the screen, for example
> Gold 52  +2.

Yes, this sounds like a very good idea.

---
Vasco Alexandre da Silva Costa @ Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisboa