Quentin Mathé wrote:
In getting rid of applications we would also get rid of windows. All we
would have are documents and panels.
Panels are windows and Document windows are windows too :-)
Sure they are. I'm saying that we should make a distinction between
documents, panels, and other windows, and then get rid of the other windows.
When you open a document, it shouldn't automatically turn into a window,
it should turn into an OPEN DOCUMENT.
I also think preference panels
should be eliminated. To change preferences you would open the
preferences document (since that's what they are, documents). A service
would include a plist file describing what preferences there are and how
they are to be edited.
Some Mac OS X applications might already support double-cliking their
preferences files to edit it by opening the application and the related
preference panel. At least it's possible to code it that way.
It sounds like a different way to code preferences save and load, but
that doesn't really eliminate Preference panels since they are still
needed. Unless you want to remove preference panels UI and replace it
with a plist editor (that uses a simple outline view) but it wouldn't be
friendly at all ;-)
It could be made friendly. Thats what the extra plist in the services
bundle is for ... to show the preferences editor how to make it friendly.
Thanks for enduring my babbling,
Isaiah Beerbower
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