Re: ImageJ mdi version

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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