Posted by
Tony Collins-2 on
Mar 27, 2006; 2:34pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/ImageJ-mdi-version-tp3703148p3703162.html
Damien,
Nice work. It must have been quite an investment of your time.
I wonder if people will be split along OS lines for this one. Generally,
Windows users would probably prefer this look and feel. In fact I know
for a fact that some Windows users are put off ImageJ by the look and
feel. They're a little suspicious that they can see the desktop and the
fact that ImageJ does not look like their other applications.
In fact, I've found that recent attempts by microscoft for a
multi-document interface with their windows office applications
generally get turned back to a SDI off in the options settings!
Personally, I'd like to see the single pane approach, maybe because I
use ImageJ alongside many other apps and switching between them can
involde a bit of hunting around. I can see that many users would not
want a change though. Could we follow Microsoft's shining example (can't
say that very often!) and have this as an option?
Tony
Damien Farrell wrote:
> Hi
>
> Anyone interested in the development of a version of ImageJ that uses a
> single Swing desktop pane for all windows. Thought it might be a useful
> alternative that could eventually be integrated into ImageJ proper in
> some future version.
> Anyone interested in this being developed further? I don't see any major
> obstacles to it as yet. I made a preliminary version that seems to work
> for most purposes, though many plugins will not currently work.The
> ij.jar file and further info can be found at
>
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jfarrell/imagejmdi/>
> PS. If trying this out don't overwrite your old ij.jar, make a backup
> copy first.
>
>
> regards
>
> Damien Farrell
>
>
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Tony Collins, Ph.D.
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