On Sep 16, 2006, at 1:03 AM, brian muhumuza wrote: > >> Does that mean I won't be able to have both applications open on the >> same file on the same screen? > > we would have both tools "open"/loaded onto the document but not using > both at the same time. When using the text editor, we have the text > editor's tool bar and menu bar, etc on the document, then with a key > stroke to switch tools, the editor's tool and menu bars are replaced > with the hex editor's tool and menu bars.
I agree that would be a useful ability in general (and Microsoft's OLE has allowed something similar since 1990). I also agree that if you try to open a document a second time, the application should automatically focus the already-open copy instead of doing anything weird (like "gedit opened this instance of the file in non-editable way [sic]"). But if you explicitly choose to open the same file in multiple applications, I do not think there is any benefit in preventing you from doing so. Obvious example: for an HTML document, I don't want to have to constantly flick between source editing mode and browsing mode. I want the document to update automatically in one window as I type in the other. (Epiphany nearly does this already, updating whenever I save.) > I am completing a topaz mock up for which i'll post a link soon. > ... Why mention "topaz" here? It makes your idea less credible. :-) Cheers -- Matthew Paul Thomas http://mpt.net.nz/ _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
