[Okular-devel] [Bug 155515] Switch to tabbed interface

[Dotan Cohen]

http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=155515





--- Comment #7 from Dotan Cohen <kde-2 dotancohen com>  2008-09-13 17:44:55 ---
I would like to expand on and stress Sebastian's statement regarding tabs, as
he has a very good point. I use Okular for reading engineering and mathematical
papers. I need to jump to other places in the text so often that I usually keep
the same document open in two windows, so that I can comfortably read one
without loosing my place, yet I can browse the document in the other window.

It seems that the only resistance to implementing MDI in Okular is the fact
that it was not implemented in KPDF. The only reason that MDI was not
implemented in KPDF is because of an outdated HIG doctrine:
http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=127298

As the HIG doctrine is both outdated and as most other KDE applications break
the doctrine (Konqueror, Dolphin, Kopete, Kate, Konsole, and other KDE apps all
have tabs or an MDI), I propose that Okular forge ahead and become the first
PDF reader with an MDI. I have an entire faculty of students that would switch
to Okular for that reason alone!


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