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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal
The bottom area is to show book details/cover thumbnails, I don't see why that is a waste of space.
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True, but it is wasted if you aren't looking at that info... and there is no way to collapse it.
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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal
As for the top area, it only wastes space if you make your calibre window very wide. And I really don't see how that can be improved without decreasing usability.
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Actually, I am talking about the verticle space (height of it) not the width of it. Once again, having a way to collapse it would help.
But, did you look at the markup linked to in message 5? The tab bar is just as usable. If you want icons you could put them in the tabs too... You could also have options to have no icon, icon only, etc.
I guess on the Mac... having these collapsible toolbars is pretty normal. While it is not on other OSes. For example, on Firefox mac I can collapse the tool bar by pressing the little "collapse icon" in the top right corner. But, firefox for windows doesn't have this (although you can go full screen which the mac version doesn't have).
Just some ideas.
BOb