KDE/kdevplatform/shell

[Alexander Neundorf]

On Monday 10 November 2008, Niko Sams wrote:
> > 2) web browser-alike mode where:
> > - when only one file is shown you have no tabs at all
> > - when you open another file, it closes the previous and opens new in the
> > same place (just like web browser does when you type the new address in
> > the location bar)
> > - you always have an option to open a new tab (or open new file in new
> > tab) if you want to support my usecase like I described in my previous
> > mail
>
> wow. I really like that.
> So easy to understand - everybody knows how a webbrowser works.

Two comments:
-this would be different from all editors (text, image, word processors) I can 
remember. They all open a new tab/windows/buffer if you open a file.
-while everybody knows how a webbrowser works, I think it should be ok to 
require from a developer to understand how an editor works ;-)

Alex