Just to clarify a point, any program can create new windows *without* spawning
a new process.  Spawning a process or thread is an implementation detail of an
application that is independent of the user interface.

John Hiemenz wrote:
> On Wednesday 28 November 2001 07:47 am, you stated :
> > Quoting Susan Macchia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > > Just tried it and find it has much improved performance over 5.0.  Don't
> > > care
> > > so much about it being larger in size since I have 384mb.  If you want a
> > > fast
> > > reliable browser, Opera is it (once you get past the MDI interface and
> > > tailor
> > > it to your choosing).
> >
> > MDI?  Can you elaborate, for my curiosity's sake.
>
> Multi-Document Interface.
>
> When a program opens new windows as child windows of the parent, but keeps
> them all contained within the parent window. (as opposed to spawning a new
> process with a new window)

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