Re: [Usability] HIG and MDI/SDI/Tabs & gnome-terminal

[Mariano Suarez-Alvarez <msuarezalvarez arnet com ar>]

On Mon, 2003-09-01 at 08:20, Calum Benson wrote:
> On Sun, 2003-08-31 at 00:51, Mike wrote:
> > Following a discussion on epiphany, I've just realised that the HIG
> > mandates against the use of tabs/MDI
> 
> Although it's not currently very clear, the HIG is really only advising
> against the hard-coding of such window management policies into the
> applications... the hope is that one day, window managers will let the
> user choose between multi-document models  (MDI, tabs, multiple top
> level windows, anything else that's invented in the meantime) for any
> particular application.  

While we all entertain such hope, I'd like to add to gnome-terminal the
ability to move tabs between terminal windows and reorder them. Are
there any good precedents to follow on that kind of thing? gedit?

-- m

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