[dev] Remove multi-column portal blocks?

[Roel Gloudemans]

Well; I have my mail folders also on extra wide, but on the other hand  
lose some gain more ;-).

Cheers,
Roel.

Quoting Chuck Hagenbuch <chuck at horde.org>:

> Hey folks-
>
> I've been looking at some other portal solutions, talking to some
> folks about potential future directions, and also thinking about how
> to make blocks easily draggable/sortable.
>
> It's all much easier and more flexible if we get rid of the
> requirement to allow blocks to be extra-wide. Just having x (still
> configurable) columns, with blocks stacked on each other one over the
> other, makes it much easier to drag them around and determine a sort
> order (instead of the current grid). Also means you don't have to play
> with the length of your task list to avoid wasting space.
>
> Basically, instead of the current grid:
>
>   a | c
>   a |
>   a |
>   - | -
>   b | d
>
> Here, "c" has a lot of extra space and "d" is too far down because it
> has to clear "a" as well. I'd propose:
>
>   a | c
>   a | -
>   a | d
>   - | -
>   b | e
>
> It also happens to simplify the code a lot, of course, but that's not
> the main reason to do it. The only real bummer with this change that I
> can think of is comics - but I'd just have one extra-wide oolumn in my
> portal to accomodate that; I personally don't think it's worth it just
> for that.
>
> Any major objections?
>
> -chuck
>
> -- 
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