Subject: Re: FAQ -- why the MSDI interface? (aka, no pagers please)
From: Tim LaDuca (tjl@141.com)
Date: Sat Aug 18 2001 - 20:29:11 CDT
On 19 Aug 2001 03:32:18 +0200, Håkan Waara wrote:
> Paul Rohr wrote:
> > At 09:04 PM 8/18/01 -0400, Tim LaDuca wrote:
> >
> >> On 18 Aug 2001 16:43:36 -0700, Paul Rohr wrote:
> >>
> >>> Erp. In what widely-used SDI application does File / Close *not*
> >>> have the exact same semantics as clicking the little X? And
> >>> why aren't they in the User Interface Hall of Shame?
> >>>
> >> :-) Microsoft Word. When you click File-> Close you are left with a
> "document-less" window.
> >>
> >
> > I asked this elsewhere in the thread, but is there a **non-MDI**
> version of
> > Word with this behavior? If so, two questions:
> >
> > 1. What version is it? 2. What does the UI look like when you
> > File/Close the last open
> document?
> >
> > It's obvious how to show that state on a Mac or in a true MDI app.
> > The pesky question that remains is whether anyone's established a
> comparable UI
> > convention for apps like AbiWord.
> >
>
> If it's to any help, Mozilla quits when the last window is closed.
Yes, but Mozilla has File->Quit, not File->Close or ->Exit.
>
> Since AbiWord is quick to startup (unlike Mozilla), why not simply hide
> the whole MDI/SDI idea to the user and just:
>
> 1. Open up a new document whenever the app is launched (regardless if
> it's already running). This would imply removing the splashscreen.
>
> 2. Close a window if `Close' is chosen.
>
> Simple, coherent and elegant.
>
> --
> Håkan Waara (hwaara@chello.se)
>
>
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