Re: Editorial from X Author on Freshmeat

[Federico Mena Quintero <federico nuclecu unam mx>]

>  On the subject of modularity raised in this article, I think it is  
>  one are which will be a big deal.  Microsoft has already started to  
>  implement this sort of thing using OLE/COM.  They were first.  

(Actually, they use OLE all over the place, and that is what makes it
powerful.  Just look at the huge number of available CLSID's on any
typical Windows machine).

>  the baboon architecture is all about will address this issue as well,  
>  but it definately bears discussion within this context because there  
>  are some questions which need t be answered in this area:
>  
>  How will embedded applications behave?
>  
>  What UI will enable the user to control, interact and switch between  
>  embedded applications?
>  
>  What UI is necessary to configure/manage this interaction (if any)?

Since once you have embeddable components you can do pretty much
anything about the surrounding user interface, we are free to
experiment with this.  Please look at the OLE documentation to see
what kind of assumptions it has as far as the user interface is
concerned.

  Federico