Re: [Usability] spatial desktop

[Calum Benson <Calum Benson Sun COM>]

On 15 Sep 2006, at 14:03, brian muhumuza wrote:

> Does that mean I won't be able to have both applications open on the
> same file on the same screen?
>
> we would have both tools "open"/loaded onto the document but not  
> using both at the same time. When using the text editor, we have  
> the text editor's tool bar and menu bar, etc on the document, then  
> with a key stroke to switch tools, the editor's tool and menu bars  
> are replaced with the hex editor's tool and menu bars.

Hmm, conjurs up images of one of Microsoft's old "now where did  
*those* toolbars come from?!" OLE GUIs :)

Cheeri,
Calum.

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