[brailleblaster] Re: MDI
- From: François Ouellette <braille@xxxxxxx>
- To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2012 13:31:14 -0400
Keith: don't open the Mac v. Windows can of worms LOl! Besides, if we
simply spawn BB processes to open new documents this sure is supported
on all platforms.
François.
On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 12:59 PM, Michael Whapples <mwhapples@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> That argument doesn't win with me: If we take that attitude over one
> feature, then why do we support the Mac, if we didn't surely the argument of
> "don't use a Mac" would apply to being able to use BrailleBlaster.
>
> As the decision has been made to support the Mac, I think we should do it
> properly.
>
> As applications which can have multiple documents open do exist on the Mac,
> why should BrailleBlaster not support it on the Mac when it supports it else
> where? We cannot use the excuse of the platform not supporting it because
> other applications show otherwise.
>
> Michael Whapples
> On 27/07/2012 17:40, Keith Creasy wrote:
>>
>> My solution... don't use a Mac. :)
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Michael Whapples
>> Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 12:26 PM
>> To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [brailleblaster] Re: MDI
>>
>> I think the Mac may have issues with multiple instances of an application,
>> I think there is a question in the eclipse FAQ about having multiple
>> instances of eclipse running on the Mac.
>>
>> However, having multiple windows for one application is possible on the
>> Mac.
>>
>> Having said all the above, I also agree with the idea of most users
>> probably will be dealing with one document at a time. May be the design
>> though needs to be considered to ensure multiple documents will not be
>> difficult to add in the future.
>>
>> I would agree with François about it being difficult to understand
>> BrailleBlaster source code, many bugs could be lurking in there because its
>> too hard to follow the code. I wonder whether it might be worth slowing the
>> development of new features for a short time and concentrate on improving
>> the code design and hopefully sort out some bugs as well.
>>
>> Michael Whapples
>> On 27/07/2012 16:55, François Ouellette wrote:
>>>
>>> Keith and John: Starting a complete new instance of BB from BB only
>>> requires a few lines of code!
>>>
>>> François.
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 11:10 AM, Keith Creasy <kcreasy@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Besides, people can always open multiple instances of BB and get almost
>>>> the same advantages as an MDI.
>>>>
>>>> Keith
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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