Re: [Usability] spatial desktop

["Olaf van der Spek" <olafvdspek gmail com>]

On 9/15/06, brian muhumuza <brian muhumuza gmail com> wrote:
> > Why can't I open a file in both a text editor/viewer and a hex
> > editor/viewer at the same time?
> >
>
> Going down that road can lead to many places but the road i'll take leads to
> discussion about gnome 3 (project topaz).
>
> Think about  a desk with a plain paper, a pen, a pencil and a paint brush.
> All these are objects but the pen, the pencil and the paint brush are tools
> for various purposes. You want to write pick the pen and write, you want to
> draw put the pen down then pick the pencil and draw, you want to paint put
> the pencil down then pick the paint brush and paint, you will need pain
> ofcourse :-). All this on that single plain paper.
>
> Back to our desktop, the file/document, the text editor and the hex editor
> are objects, but text editor and hex editor are tools. So use text editor
> then put it down and use hex editor. We now need a way to switch back and
> forth between the two tools efficiently.

Does that mean I won't be able to have both applications open on the
same file on the same screen?