Re: window-in-window MDI

["Sergio A. Kessler" <sak tribctas gba gov ar>]

Mo McKinlay <mmckinlay@labs.interopen.org> el día Thu, 16 Mar 2000 19:48:18 
+0000 (GMT), escribió:

># it will harm MUCH more if users found a program that uses a style of 
># MDI, another uses another style, and so on ...
>
>My understanding was that the user isn't forced to use WiW MDI, and it
>won't be switched on by default. 

any developer can hardcode this mode, thus making apps behave 
differently from others, and guess what ? it WILL happen, sooner or 
later ... even worse it can happen with propietary apps...

>The argument "it sucks" doesn't hold
>water - it's your opinion, 

not my opinion, all UI experts agree on this ...


Sergio