>
>>>> Many programs have support for nested windows. Often they can be docked into
>>>> the main window. This would be a great feature.
>>> You mean like in Word. I agree this would be a fantastic feature.
>>
>> Hate to disagree but I only noticed the disadvantage of this Windows
>> "feature". I have yet to hear the benefits.
>
>This is one of the standard windowing models described in the Windows Human
>Interface Guidelines because it allows document windows to be more closely
>associated (both visually and behaviorally) with the application they belong
>to.
Which doesn't necessarily makes that association intuitive or even necessary. Basically
it obliges one to have one window opened at time be able to use it, or have the main
window take over the entire desktop. Doesn't mean that if it's in the books it must be
right, does it?
>
>For us MetaCard folks, if MC supported true MDI we'd be in cross-platform
>heaven, as the MDI behaves very similarly to Mac OS, with a single menu bar
>detached from document windows.
>
>Without support for MDI, if your app has more than one window you need to
>compromise the design. You can make very Mac-looking apps, but your Windows
>apps will always seem at least a little UNIX-like.
>
>--
> Richard Gaskin
> Fourth World Media Corporation
> Multimedia Design and Development for Mac, Windows, UNIX, and the Web
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