Moving QExtMDI to kdelibs
Jason Keirstead
jason at keirstead.org
Tue May 13 23:41:47 BST 2003
> Your thinking is so application-centered. Why can't I have the same
> application being used for tow *different* tasks?
Er.. huh? How can a document driven app be used to perform tasks other
than on the documents it provides? Are you saying that I should be able
to browse the web in Konsole? What does this mean?
> Consistency *is* a black or white thing. Either KDE apps act the same way,
> or they don't. If every app developer throws up his own special case
> exception, then the desktop is no longer consistent.
What's wrong with the consistancy of "We have a default to SDI, but users can
choose whatever they want".
The only way to gain consistancy is not to put the user in handcuffs. This is not a
viable option for any program.
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Jason Keirstead, BCS
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