Re: How about a real document reader!

[Adam Williams <awilliam whitemice org>]

On Mon, 2003-12-15 at 14:28, Alan wrote:
> > > You can compare this with a picture viewer
> > > like gqview. Of course, one could simply open a nautilus window and
> > > click on the preferred picture or document. But that's not the same!
> > Whats different?
> As someone who just started using os/x I can say there's a big
> difference :)  The preview tool is quick and easy, and allows you to see
> a document almost immediately on even a slower machine.  I've only
> really seen it in use with pdfs and images, but the difference of
> starting up "preview" and starting OOo, Word, or photoshop are marked.

Right, thats why a file manager that supports components for viewing
different file types is what we are really talking about.

> Also, with a single tool used for viewing all sorts of different
> document types instead of several different programs, it is cached so
> there is less lag of loading programs into memory.

Which nautilus already does, at least for supported image formats.

Once a bonobo component is started it is just a matter of policy
(determined by the programmer) how long it sticks around.