Re: MDI (not winMDI) frameworks ... again

2004-09-09 Thread Tim
Brion Vibber wrote: Tim wrote: Regarding MDI, I still see many apps that are being developed that don't have MDI support and they really need it. A good example is BBEdit on Mac. I don't use this app because it's just too hard to manage the multiple sources I have open at one time to do my codin

Re: MDI (not winMDI) frameworks ... again

2004-09-09 Thread Brion Vibber
Tim wrote: Regarding MDI, I still see many apps that are being developed that don't have MDI support and they really need it. A good example is BBEdit on Mac. I don't use this app because it's just too hard to manage the multiple sources I have open at one time to do my coding. You might try out

Re: MDI (not winMDI) frameworks ... again

2004-09-09 Thread Michael L Torrie
On Thu, 2004-09-09 at 07:37, Tim wrote: > Cool! I saw that Code Tek had a hack for this but having a lower level > hack is for sure the way to go. > > Regarding MDI, I still see many apps that are being developed that don't > have MDI support and they really need it. A good example is BBEdit on

Re: MDI (not winMDI) frameworks ... again

2004-09-09 Thread Tim
Brion Vibber wrote: Tim wrote: In the meantime, developers are left hanging with putting out apps that have just way too many windows. I've used Gimp on my OSX box and it totally sucks having to first clicking the window to get focus before being able to click the item. If the app ran on a MDI

Re: MDI (not winMDI) frameworks ... again

2004-09-08 Thread Russell Shaw
Tim wrote: Firstly, I agree with all prior posts that M$ has destroyed the concept of MDI by having the window in window approach using a window menu and having maximized sub windows, tiled or cascaded. This type of MDI is what another user called winMDI and I totally agree that it sucks big tim

Re: MDI (not winMDI) frameworks ... again

2004-09-08 Thread Ken Harris
> In the meantime, developers are left hanging with putting out apps that > have just way too many windows. I've used Gimp on my OSX box and it > totally sucks having to first clicking the window to get focus before > being able to click the item. If the app ran on a MDI framework, this > woul

Re: MDI (not winMDI) frameworks ... again

2004-09-08 Thread Michael Torrie
On Wed, 2004-09-08 at 19:42, Brion Vibber wrote: > Tim wrote: > > In the meantime, developers are left hanging with putting out apps that > > have just way too many windows. I've used Gimp on my OSX box and it > > totally sucks having to first clicking the window to get focus before > > being ab

Re: MDI (not winMDI) frameworks ... again

2004-09-08 Thread Brion Vibber
Tim wrote: In the meantime, developers are left hanging with putting out apps that have just way too many windows. I've used Gimp on my OSX box and it totally sucks having to first clicking the window to get focus before being able to click the item. If the app ran on a MDI framework, this woul

Re: MDI (not winMDI) frameworks ... again

2004-09-08 Thread Paul Davis
>have just way too many windows. I've used Gimp on my OSX box and it >totally sucks having to first clicking the window to get focus before >being able to click the item. If the app ran on a MDI framework, this >would not be necessary. its also not necessary if you use a window manager that doe

Re: MDI (not winMDI) frameworks ... again

2004-09-08 Thread Sam Stephenson
On Wed, 08 Sep 2004 17:43:25 -0400, Tim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Firstly, I agree with all prior posts that M$ has destroyed the concept > of MDI by having the window in window approach using a window menu and > having maximized sub windows, tiled or cascaded. This type of MDI is > what another

MDI (not winMDI) frameworks ... again

2004-09-08 Thread Tim
Firstly, I agree with all prior posts that M$ has destroyed the concept of MDI by having the window in window approach using a window menu and having maximized sub windows, tiled or cascaded. This type of MDI is what another user called winMDI and I totally agree that it sucks big time. However