Re: Document App or not?
Re: Document App or not?
- Subject: Re: Document App or not?
- From: Ryan Bates <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2004 14:30:12 -0800
I created an application that handles documents similar to TextEdit,
but it was a single-window application. I decided to make it a document
based application to take advantage of the automatic file handling it
provides (open recent menu, file icons, etc.). Some say that the
document architecture is a great example of MVC, but I found it
extremely awkward to make a single-window document based application
because the document is so closely tied to the window controller. I
suggest not making it document based because it limits the flexibility
of the program's design - or at least it did for me.
Ryan
On Feb 8, 2004, at 7:23 AM, Peer Allan wrote:
I planning on creating an application that will have a similar
interface
structure to iTunes, but I am not sure if I should use a Document-based
application or not. Any advise as to pro or con of each option would
be
greatly appreciated.
Basically the app will have a predefined collection of players that
will
load in a window like the main window for iTunes. Users don't add or
remove
from this collection but they can manage their own groupings of the
players
from the collection. A single click on a group will list its members
in a
table view (like a playlist and its songs). If a user double-clicks
on the
group, a separate window would open with more details of the group and
all
of its members. The user should be able to have multiple group
windows open
at a time. Any changes or updates the users make to the groups would
be
saved automatically.
My question is, would a document-based application be better for this
app
because of the management issues of multiple group windows or can this
be
done in a standard application?
Peer
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