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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: MDI + SDI = FDI ?
From:       Hans Meine <hans_meine () gmx ! net>
Date:       2001-03-18 18:53:24
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Matt Newell <newellm@proaxis.com> writes:
> > Your remark made me wonder though ... Would it be a good idea to have a
> > taskbar button for _ANY_ document, whether it's inside an MDI view or a
> > real SDI window? Then the stacking of similar views is up to to
> > taskbar/kasbar/whateverbar and the user can directly activate any document,
> > wherever it is located. It would make KDE even more document-centric (which
> > is better than app-centric IMNSHO)
> 
> I don't like this idea.  I always have at least 10-30 "documents" open at one 
> time.  3-4 konsole views, 5-20 Kant docs, 3-6 Konq wins, 1 email win, 1 xmms 
> win, 1 knode win.  This is too many documents to have listed on the taskbar.

Yet I think Martijn is right; it would be cool to have all documents accessible
and if you read his words carefully, he mentions an often-talked-about idea:

Let the taskbar/kasbar/whateverbar manage the "stacking of similar views", that
is: show i.e. only one kant doc (the last accessed/current for example, that
would be quite how it is currently) but make all other kant docs accessible
by a button-menu (like konq's navigation toolbar buttons, with a small menu-
indicating arrow) for example.

There might come up more/better ideas for such "stacking", one could also
stack documents which belong to one "task" on one button. My spontanious idea
would be: stack windows of each virtual desktop together like this:
- show a button for each doc on the current desktop
- show one button with a menu with all windows for each other desktop
  or: show mini-icons with tooltips for documents on other desktops
  or: see ideas on kde-look (this mail should have gone there too, prob.)

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