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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Is the style guide still valid?
From:       mh <moloch () nikocity ! de>
Date:       2000-08-04 16:30:43
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"David Faure, Fre, 04 Aug 2000  ":
>The world of computing has evolved from the app-centric point of view
>(start app, load doc, end app) to the document-centric point of view
>(locate doc, open it, close it). In this world, the user
>doesn't know (and doesn't need to know) if opening a doc
>starts a new app, or tells a running app to open one more window.

>Remove the notion of app, only window and doc remain.
>Quit closes the window, Close closes the document (for MDI documents, mainly).

MDI ?? ;-)

> I don't agree. It's not new.
> Windows 3.1 was app centric (remember the "Program Manager") ?
> Windows 95 and later are document centric - no more program manager
> as the central thing, but the file manager, though it's still
> possible to start an app directly of course (Start Menu / K Menu).
> 

The question isn't whether the OS is app centric or not, or whether the app
starts up when you click on a document or whether you need the Program Manager.
IMHO what you state above ("document centric point of view") will only work if
all apps are pure SDI apps.
The styleguide, however, makes a difference between pure SDI, cooperating SDI
and controlled SDI apps.
Therfore I'm wondering whether the statement "Quit closes the window, Close
closes the document" really applies to cooperating or controlled SDI apps?

Or am I reading an obsolete styleguide?

Michael
 
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