Subject: Re: definitions -- *DI window management
From: Randy Kramer (rhkramer@fast.net)
Date: Sun Aug 19 2001 - 14:51:49 CDT
Paul,
Thanks!
Sounds like it's time for MSDI2, you know, the one that keeps the
application active after the last document is closed, *by design*. ;-)
Randy Kramer
Paul Rohr wrote: <snipped and reordered>
> Multiple SDI (MSDI)
> -------------------
> Note that in this paradigm, the application per se doesn't have a very
> privileged status. It's only "there" while you're working on documents.
> When all the documents are gone, there's no application left. This is *by
> design*.
> Multiple Document Interface (MDI)
> ---------------------------------
> As Nils points out, the mental model required to explain all of the
> idiosyncracies of "classic" MDI is dauntingly large. My grandmother usually
> manages to figure out why and how WebTV does what it does, but the whole
> business of keeping all the MDI widget behaviors straight ...
>
> - this close box (either here or there) closes the document
> - this other close box closes the application
> - this button (here or here) minimizes documents (here)
> - this other button minimizes the entire application
> - etc.
>
> ... well, I don't even *try* to explain all that mess.
PS: The above does sound quite confusing when written in text, but on
the screen, the close and minimize buttons sit on either the master
window or the subwindow, which usually makes it obvious what your doing
(perhaps after a little experimentation).
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