Re: Is use of Gnome-MDI recommended?

[Ross Golder <rossigee bigfoot com>]

On 19 Jan 2001 23:50:28 +0530, Archit Baweja wrote:
> 
> Hi
> 
> I'm working on a HTML Editor, and as all editors (HTML or non-HTML), its going
> to have a multiple documents to be viewed at the same time.
> So as the subject pretty  much conveys my questions, is gnome-mdi recommended?
> 


Is the tool for you personally (/internally), or intended for public
use?

If it's for public use, consider things from the end-user's perspective.
I'd recommend imitating the interface used by the other major GNOME
(/Gtk) applications, such as Gnumeric, AbiWord, etc. Each 'document' is
open in a seperate window. I would probably try to make an HTML editor
resemble Abiword as closely as I could, so that the end-user who knows
how to use use Abiword (most end-users) wouldn't have too steep a
learning curve when trying their hand at the HTML editor.


-- 

Ross

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