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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Use MDI or SDI with wisdom
From:       Neil Stevens <neil () qualityassistant ! com>
Date:       2002-10-31 16:32:47
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On Wednesday October 30, 2002 06:18, floyd robinson wrote:
> On Saturday 26 October 2002 11:06 am, Neil Stevens wrote:
> > Unless developers start saying No when people ask for MDI, KDE will
> > end up as Program centered as Windows is.
>
> Some apps are more functional as MDI. Some are not. MDI is not the
> be-all and cure-all interface, but I hope KDE developers see what apps
> can benefit from an MDI approach, and what doesn't.

No, No, No.  Every single time someone claims that abandoning document 
centrism is good, it's *Always* solvable with improvements to the window 
manager.

Remember, that's all MDI is, at its core:  The addition of widnow manager 
attributes to the application.

If there are cases wehre KWin isn't sufficient for you, *ask the KWin guys 
to improve it*. Come up with useful suggestions to make KWin better.  
Don't take the hackish way out, and ask 10 different app maintainers to 
add the same WM code over and over.
- -- 
Neil Stevens - neil@qualityassistant.com
"The nearest I can make it out, 'Love your Enemies' means, 'Hate your
Friends'." - Benjamin Franklin
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