Subject: Re: POW user suggestion
From: Gabriel Gerhardsson (mr.g@home.se)
Date: Thu Aug 16 2001 - 11:56:54 CDT
On 16 Aug 2001 16:33:06 +0000, rob.campbell@att.net wrote:
> But if the user wanted to close the only open document
> and then open an existing document, they would have
> to "Open..." it from "Untitled1". This would result in
> two open windows, only one of which they care about.
> Not a big deal, but a "Close & Open..." menu option that
> closes the current document and prompts for an existing
> document to open would solve this elegantly. Since the
> user may want to close the last open document and work
> on a new one, a "Close & New" option would also be
> necessary.
>
> So we need two new, little used menu items. It sounds
> ridiculous, but that's the price of a complete and
> elegant Single Document Interface.
Well actually, to be picky, if Untitled1 is completely untouched the
opened file will be opened in the same window.
But anyway, "Close & Open..." and "Close & New" seams like a good idea
to me.
/Gabriel
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