[IxDA Discuss] are drawers on the way out?

[Michael Tuminello]

Hello distinguished colleagues -

Playing with different ways to display some contextual information  
(user profiles), and have been looking into drawers as one of several  
options (extended tooltips a la yahoo messenger are another under  
consideration).

After poking around a bit, I've been realizing that Apple seems to be  
moving away from them despite having originated (or at least  
popularized) drawers as a UI element.   Applications that used to use  
drawers (like Mail) use them no longer...

Anyone have the skinny on these skinny window sidekicks?   Has  
research uncovered problems with them?

Thanks -

Michael