Re: [Usability] How many tabbed MDIs does GNOME have?

[Jeff Waugh <jdub perkypants org>]

<quote who="David Adam Bordoley">

> >Gnumeric (sheets are totally tabs, though it's really sub-doc MDI) 
> 
> Tabs in the case of gnumeric do not count as MDI because they are part of a 
> single document (file, object choose your terminology). 

You're confusing context with interface. It's tabbed MDI, the documents just
happen to be understood (by us) as subdocuments. It is still a reference for
MDI design (as arguable as the view-oriented tabbed interfaces in IM clients
mentioned in the previous mail).

- Jeff

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