Am Wednesday 27 March 2002 12:46 schrieb kevin mulholland:
> Sure MDI vs SDI, I don't care how or where its implemented so long as I
> can edit/read two (or more) documents at the same time - I really do not
> want to play multiple instances of solitaire, it was just for
> illustration
>
Could you make a list of applications where you can't have several documents
and mail it to me. I promise to do my best
> On Wed, 2002-03-27 at 11:35, Oliver Fels wrote:
> > kevin mulholland wrote:
> > > The last thing I do not like is the single instance of application
> > > (again from wince). I may want two text editors open - one for the book
> > > I am reading and the other for the book I am writing, or 2 spreadsheets
> > > or 3 games of solitaire.
> >
> > This looks more like a document centric misconception, not as an
> > application issue.
> > A single instance is imho the right way to go. What is missing is the
> > ability of the applications to open or work with multiple documents at
> > the same time. opie-drawpad eg. does follow a multi documents approach.
> >
> > Multiple instances of the same app consume more memory than multiple
> > documents do, because of the administrative overhead they are bringing
> > with them- like pics and sounds.
> >
> > Oliver
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Received on Wed Mar 27 12:26:25 2002
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