Re: [Usability] Idea for HIG: Ctrl+W to close active tab, if no tabs close window

[Calum Benson <Calum Benson Sun COM>]

On 8 Apr 2006, at 10:13, Joachim Noreiko wrote:

> If we erase the concept of application completely, and
> hide it from users, then they will be quite entitled
> to do something like open a text file, and then say
> 'Hey, I want to draw a picture here.' or 'I want to
> write down some guitar chords.'

That's pretty much the direction Microsoft tried to go for a while  
with Windows and all their OLE stuff... certainly within Office, you  
could summon the whole power of Excel (say) within Word by embedding  
a spreadsheet object, and that sort of thing.  In theory, any  
application could support its "objects" being embedded in any other,  
with its editing UI magically appearing in the host UI when selected.

(I haven't used Office for years to know if that particular monster  
is still on the loose, or if they've managed to rein it in a bit...  
it was all a bit scary from a UI viewpoint though!)

Cheeri,
Calum.

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