On 2-Feb-01 at 17:13, Martin Simmons ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> >>>>> On Thu, 1 Feb 2001 06:09:01 -0500 (EST), Rick Scott
> >>>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>
> Rick> No. Like you said, to each his own. It would be nice to have a
> manager that Rick> gave the choice, either organize all windows inside
> this one, or at the flick Rick> of a resource make them real topLevel
> windows. That way one application could Rick> satify us both. I still
> don't understand why an application wants to be a Rick> window manager as
> well as an application.
>
> Switching is a nice idea (and in fact some Windows apps can do it), but it
> requires a suitable application design to make it usable in both modes.
>
> MDI is *not* just about the application being a window manager, it is about
> sharing a framework (menu bar, toolbox windows, status bar etc) among
> related tasks within an application.
Which is exactly one of the reasons that I dislike it. The options on the
menubar keep changeing, depending on which sub-sub-window has focus. I'm never
sure what is going to happen when I pick one of the choices. If you are
comfortable with "oh well, I'll just re-install windows, I must have done
something wrong" then more power to you. Personally I have better things to do.
Just because Microsoft does it that way, does not make it a good idea.
This is just going to turn into another RANT, so I'm going to stop here, turn
on the tube, watch the game, and have a bud........
>
> __Martin
>
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