On Fri, 2006-09-15 at 19:22 +0200, Daniel Borgmann wrote: > On 9/15/06, Olaf van der Spek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'd like to be able to have two applications/windows on the desktop at > > the same time (one left, one right) with the same document open. > > Limiting yourself to a single view should not be done. > > I believe that multiple views of the same object should be a feature > provided by the application when it is useful. The difference to > allowing multiple instances of the same object is, that accessing the > object again (for example by clicking its desktop icon) would bring > all existing views to the front instead of creating yet another one.
Why not add a non-spatial mode on per document basis, or as with nautilus spatial/non-spatial mode can co-exist. > > I also believe that we should always allow a single object to be open > in more than one application (handler) at the same time. I could > imagine interfaces where data objects and tools are separated, but > none that could be realistically implemented anytime soon. > > Daniel > _______________________________________________ > Usability mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability -- Ritesh Khadgaray LinuX N Stuff Ph: +919822394463 Eat Right, Exercise, Die Anyway. _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
