Re: Discussion: Multiple window GUIs

From: Chris G (cgrebeld_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 06/24/04 

Date: 24 Jun 2004 08:46:06 -0700

>
> I see this as an existing and growing trend in Linux GUI design and
> think it is appropriate to discuss the reasons behind it and what could
> be done to improve this aspect of Linux applications. What are thoughts
> on the matter?
>

I agree, I think Visual Studio .NET is another good example of what
you are talking about. All of its windows are dockable and form
tabbed-columns or rows so you can easily switch between them.

I don't belive any of the GUI toolkits provide a good framework for
doing that kind of design, so anyone who wanted to emulate it would
have to write all the window-managing stuff from scratch. It would be
nice too have all that stuff built-in to the toolkit (like it is for
MDI).