Comment # 5
on bug 11691
from Guy Harris
(In reply to Gerald Combs from comment #4)
> I think we should add the ability to show the version number in the main
> window title bar in the Qt UI but I'd prefer to have it disabled by default.
>
> The gui.version_placement preference controls the version in the GTK+ UI
> title bar but there are a couple of issues with it. Its default value is
> "version_both", which is contrary to the GNOME HIG[1][2], which for window
> titles says
>
> "Omit information that does not assist in this selection, for example the
> application's version number or vendor name."
>
> Two of the other values (version_title_only and version_neither) hide the
> version number in the main welcome screen. I don't think that makes as much
> sense for the Qt UI (bottom of the window, small text) as it did for the
> GTK+ UI (top of the window, medium text). What does everyone else think?
>
>
> [1]https://developer.gnome.org/hig-book/unstable/windows-properties.html.en
>
> [2]The Windows UX guidelines don't seem to address version numbers in title
> bars. The OS X HIG seems to be moving toward removing window titles
> altogether.
The version of the HIG at
https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/OSXHIGuidelines/WindowAppearanceBehavior.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/20000957-CH33-SW1
does speak of titles:
Every document window, app window, and panel has, at a minimum:
* A title bar (or a combined title bar and toolbar), so that users can
move the window.
...
A standard document window may also have the following additional elements
that an app window or panel might not have:
...
* The title of the document (that functions as the title of the window)
but Safari has apparently decided that title bars take up too much space or
something and got rid of them. I could see non-document apps not needing a
title, so that they can just have a combined title bar and toolbar without a
title, i.e. just a toolbar that can be grabbed to move the document, but
document apps should really have a title, and Safari windows are document
windows in any rational sense of the term. So are Wireshark windows,
especially if you have multiple such windows open.
I don't think putting the version number in the title bar should be the default
on any platform; if you have multiple versions installed, and it's important to
be able to find a particular version's window based on its title, you can turn
the option on. Allowing the user to violate an HIG by explicitly turning on an
option doesn't bother me.
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