From kde-core-devel  Wed May 14 00:45:23 2003
From: Daniel Stone <dstone () kde ! org>
Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 00:45:23 +0000
To: kde-core-devel
Subject: Re: Moving QExtMDI to kdelibs
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On Wed, May 14, 2003 at 12:07:25AM +0200, Cornelius Schumacher wrote:
> I agree that MDI as in Konsole and Konqueror is useful and improves=20
> these applications, but these are fine-tuned implmentations for this=20
> specific applications. Something like the "windows-in-windows" approach=
=20
> known from Windows (or as in Qt designer) is a nightmare, because it=20
> just adds restrictions and side-effects without any gain.

I couldn't use KDevelop without its tabbed mode; it just becomes an
editor with a handy shortcut to compile stuff, without it. Just use your
head, guys. There's no need to force sanity upon people; if we don't
trust their judgement enough to know when and when not to use MDI, why
are we giving them access?

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Daniel Stone 	     <daniel@raging.dropbear.id.au>             <dstone@kde.o=
rg>
KDE: Konquering a desktop near you - http://www.kde.org

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