Just wanted to raise one topic from Christoph's useful summary:
On 15 Jun 2010, at 15:36, Christoph Derndorfer
wrote:
> * how to stop Activities + not having too many Activities running at
> once (since many first time users manage to bring their machines / XOs
> to a halt by having multiple
> Has anyone seen good real world cases where allowing multiple instances of
> the same activity to be run was useful or a vaguely common practice?
>
>
Nope
browser is a good example of what does /not/ work well in this sense :-(
> I'll raise my hand and admit I've never been happy with thi
On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 11:15:10AM -0500, Yamandu Ploskonka wrote:
>
> > Has anyone seen good real world cases where allowing multiple
> > instances of the same activity to be run was useful or a vaguely
> > common practice?
> >
> >
>
> browser is a good example of what does /not/ work well i
>
> Has anyone seen good real world cases where allowing multiple instances of
> the same activity to be run was useful or a vaguely common practice?
>
>
I use multiple instances all the time. Particularly for comparing things,
but also for copying bits out of one and into another.
Example
1. writ
Keep in mind that this precise functionality is provided by what Gary
is describing - a single instance, but multiple documents open, what
used to be called "MDI" (Multiple Document Interface) back in the 90s.
Today, this is usually presented as tabs (no pun intended ;-) with
focus showing the act
Am 16.06.2010 11:40, schrieb Sean DALY:
> Keep in mind that this precise functionality is provided by what Gary
> is describing - a single instance, but multiple documents open, what
> used to be called "MDI" (Multiple Document Interface) back in the 90s.
>
> Today, this is usually presented as ta
