? MDI depreciated

2005-11-06 Thread LenS
Hate to ask this dum question (since I've been hiding under a rock). But if the MDI UI model is/was depreciated. What is the new UI model. Would love some links that explain in gerneral and specific terms. Len Sumnler -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: ? MDI depreciated

2005-11-06 Thread Brendan
This is probably a question better suited for a wxPython or MSDN newsgroup. What OS are you referring to? What GUI toolkit are you using? Microsoft's office on Windows has moved to a model where every document has its own toolbar, menubar, and taskbar entry. Windows developers tend to mimic MS

Re: ? MDI depreciated

2005-11-06 Thread Andrea Gavana
Hello Len, Hate to ask this dum question (since I've been hiding under a rock). But if the MDI UI model is/was depreciated. What is the new UI model. This much depends on which kind of application you have in mind. In my organization a lot of software that we use (basically for reservoir

Re: ? MDI depreciated

2005-11-06 Thread Tony Nelson
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], LenS [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hate to ask this dum question (since I've been hiding under a rock). But if the MDI UI model is/was depreciated. What is the new UI model. Would love some links that explain in gerneral and specific terms. In article [EMAIL

Re: ? MDI depreciated

2005-11-06 Thread SPE - Stani's Python Editor
Hi Len, The preference of most users is quite platform related: - Mac users are the most pronounced, they like SDI (single document interface), where there is one frame for every document - Most linux users like something between MDI and SDI: a tabbed interface, like firefox, where there is one