> >This is one of the standard windowing models described in the Windows Human
>>Interface Guidelines because it allows document windows to be more closely
>>associated (both visually and behaviorally) with the application they belong
> >to.
There's nothing Human about the Windows HIG, I'll let asktog.com
explain the pro's and cons. ;^)
> >For us MetaCard folks, if MC supported true MDI we'd be in cross-platform
>>heaven, as the MDI behaves very similarly to Mac OS, with a single menu bar
> >detached from document windows.
I don't quite get the reference, MC uses only one menubar right now,
it does not get attached to each window. And you would have to be
directly responsible for doing this in your own stacks. I seem to be
missing the point here, I understand where you're going but not where
you're coming from.
> >Without support for MDI, if your app has more than one window you need to
>>compromise the design. You can make very Mac-looking apps, but your Windows
> >apps will always seem at least a little UNIX-like.
I fully disagree, this Windows feature is nothing more than an utter
hindrance to my productivity (I have an Intellistation for 3D
real-time and beta testing of Discreet SW like Max etc). The biggest
problem is that many developers allow their palettes and dialogs to
be drag beyond this *application border* window and I find myself
shuffling windows and palettes around twice as much as I do on UNIX
and Mac's. It's complete insanity inside Windows, it's not even a
standard. MS uses it in their Office products but ignores it in
their web apps (are all your IE pages grouped inside one large app
window - no. It's a complete free for all without any reasoning
behind it (if you can't follow your own standards, and half of your
developers make it work differently than expected then it's not a
standard).
> >
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>> Richard Gaskin
>> Fourth World Media Corporation
>> Multimedia Design and Development for Mac, Windows, UNIX, and the Web
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