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From: Maury H. <mh...@cr...> - 2002-09-30 16:18:43
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>>>- I hate the MDI interface/subwindows. I usually only work with one >>>database at once - I only want that window up. Even when I do work with >>>two databases, I'd prefer they be entirely separate windows. The connect >>>stuff could be a dialog box that pops up when you first start the >>>program and when you hit ctrl-N or something (new connection). >> >> As I said recently to somebody, this is a religious issue. I personally like >> the MDI interface and hate the SDI one, this was the main reason I stopped >> using Netbeans. A possibility for the future when the code has been cleaned >> up would be making it an option as it is in the current version of Netbeans. >> You specify whether you want an SDI or an MDI interface. > > Okay, I'm going to take a shot at trying to convince you. ;) I'd be > happy with a preference (though I'm likely to disagree with you about > which the default should be). Please forgive my long-windedness... Another possible option is to have an options to 'spawn' a MDI child window into a separate SDI window. I remember seeing an application (the name escapes me at the moment) that allowed you to do such a thing (i.e. take the contents of a JInteralFrame and dump them into a JFrame). > I think SQuirreL is in the second category: only one window necessary to > do work, multiple connections can be thought of pretty independently, so > should be in fully independent windows. The grouping of resultsets I'd agree with Scott here. As a DBA/developer, I am often connected to multiple databases at the same time. I'd like to have a separate window for each connection. As well, I use virtual-desktops, and having each connection in a separate window allows me move different connections to different desktops. > Anyway, thanks for your responses. I'm encouraged and very much looking > forward to ditching Oracle's various SQL-Plus, SQL Worksheet, and SQL > Scratchpad things. (Each version of each one has completely different > deficiencies, any of which I hate. Ergh.) I'm in the same boat. I'd like to dump Oracle's stuff. I'm still looking for the tool to replace them. Maury... -- Maury Hammel Cronus Technologies Inc. http://www.cronustech.com |
