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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: GSOC 2011: MDI interface for Okular
From:       Shantanu Tushar Jha <jhahoneyk () gmail ! com>
Date:       2011-03-25 12:54:11
Message-ID: AANLkTikUZOS098r=LYutdu_bTEzwoNkGk8f2myLyQ=Rn () mail ! gmail ! com
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In my opinion, having tabs (or any equivalent way of switching documents,
e.g. like the one in kate) is not a bad idea. But, MDI like interface is
bad.

On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 5:34 PM, Arnold Krille <kde@arnoldarts.de> wrote:

> On Friday 25 March 2011 12:38:58 Thomas Lübking wrote:
> > FYI:
> > Tabbing in browsers is (likely) a relict from the dial-up era, when on
> > would dial-up, open all pages one wanted to read, hook-on and then read
> > offline.
> > I sometimes (too often) catch myself doing this today, ie. go to my fav
> > news pages, middleclick all articles i'm interested in and start reading.
> > but this is a retarded behavior coded into my brains during a loooooong
> > time - and i hate myself for doing it ;-)
>
> Given the fact that web-documents grew by about the same factor as
> connection-
> lines, I still have to do that behaviour out of sheer necessity, not out of
> old habits.
>
> Don't argue the tabs in okular away. Remember the people from redmond
> loosing
> significant browser-share telling "people don't want tabs". Well they
> wanted.
> And they got. But not from IE. Now lets don't do the same mistake with
> okular
> vs. acrobat reader...
>
> Have fun,
>
> Arnold
>
>
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>


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Shantanu Tushar    (UTC +0530)
http://www.shantanutushar.com

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In my opinion, having tabs (or any equivalent way of switching documents, e.g. like \
the one in kate) is not a bad idea. But, MDI like interface is bad.<br><br><div \
class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 5:34 PM, Arnold Krille <span \
dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:kde@arnoldarts.de">kde@arnoldarts.de</a>&gt;</span> \
wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; \
border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="im">On \
Friday 25 March 2011 12:38:58 Thomas Lübking wrote:<br> &gt; FYI:<br>
&gt; Tabbing in browsers is (likely) a relict from the dial-up era, when on<br>
&gt; would dial-up, open all pages one wanted to read, hook-on and then read<br>
&gt; offline.<br>
&gt; I sometimes (too often) catch myself doing this today, ie. go to my fav<br>
&gt; news pages, middleclick all articles i&#39;m interested in and start \
reading.<br> &gt; but this is a retarded behavior coded into my brains during a \
loooooong<br> &gt; time - and i hate myself for doing it ;-)<br>
<br>
</div>Given the fact that web-documents grew by about the same factor as \
connection-<br> lines, I still have to do that behaviour out of sheer necessity, not \
out of<br> old habits.<br>
<br>
Don&#39;t argue the tabs in okular away. Remember the people from redmond loosing<br>
significant browser-share telling &quot;people don&#39;t want tabs&quot;. Well they \
wanted.<br> And they got. But not from IE. Now lets don&#39;t do the same mistake \
with okular<br> vs. acrobat reader...<br>
<br>
Have fun,<br>
<font color="#888888"><br>
Arnold<br>
</font><br><br>
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<br><div><br></div>Shantanu Tushar    (UTC +0530)<br><a \
href="http://www.shantanutushar.com" \
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