On 9/15/06, brian muhumuza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Why can't I open a file in both a text editor/viewer and a hex > > editor/viewer at the same time? > > > > Going down that road can lead to many places but the road i'll take leads to > discussion about gnome 3 (project topaz). > > Think about a desk with a plain paper, a pen, a pencil and a paint brush. > All these are objects but the pen, the pencil and the paint brush are tools > for various purposes. You want to write pick the pen and write, you want to > draw put the pen down then pick the pencil and draw, you want to paint put > the pencil down then pick the paint brush and paint, you will need pain > ofcourse :-). All this on that single plain paper. > > Back to our desktop, the file/document, the text editor and the hex editor > are objects, but text editor and hex editor are tools. So use text editor > then put it down and use hex editor. We now need a way to switch back and > forth between the two tools efficiently.
Does that mean I won't be able to have both applications open on the same file on the same screen? _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
