Re: One window per URL

[Reinout van Schouwen <reinouts gnome org>]

Hi Peter,

On Mon, 20 Jun 2005, Peter Harvey wrote:

> > we're doing our best to let Epiphany be a document-oriented

> Can I take the time to argue *against* being document-oriented?

Of course. But would you also be in favour of re-instating a File > 
Quit menu option? Or of not remembering the zoom level per webpage? 
That would be a consequence of not being document-oriented.

> *being* the document. For example, there's no point having multiple 
> views of a single irc channel. Or multiple views of a single directory 
> in Nautilus.

People advocating browser mode think there is a point in that.

> But there is no editing of webpages (unless you count a wiki). It is 
> clear to the user that each browser window provides just a view of the 
> underlying document,

Is it? Not trying to be rude, but have you observed any average user 
surf the Web lately? It is hard to fathom their mental model of a web 
browser and how it relates to web pages, I can tell you.

> in the same way that I can walk into a room of mirrors and see an 
> object multiple times.

Bad analogy. I don't think you want people to think of the Web as 
something as confusing as a room full of mirrors.

> I understand that when I manipulate things in Epiphany I am just 
> manipulating the view, and not the webpage itself.
>
> Though maybe I don't understand document-oriented interfaces
> so well. :)

I've opened a bug for the same issue with Evince, and at least their 
developers seem to agree with me:

http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=302034

regards,

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