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aparently you've never used it
by dude on Tuesday 16/Sep/2003, @11:02

because windows, gnome or kde have NEVER had a spatial GUI. dont judge it before you see it, lest you look like a troll.

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Re: aparently you've never used it
by fault on Tuesday 16/Sep/2003, @12:05

Not true; The classic MacOS finder was quite spatial. It went well with Apple's "pretend your computer is a desk" mantra.

The OSX finder is not so-spatial for very good reasons.

1. People are used to non-spatial interfaces. Because of hrrm... Microsoft, NeXT, etc...

2. Spatial interfaces tend to clog the whole screen full of windows. This was why, for example, why Netscape didn't originally open up a new window for every page opened and why it had back/forward navigation buttons. Microsoft and others found that this approach worked equally well for local files.

As others have pointed, out, it's already possible to have a psuedo-spatial Konqueror. Just turn all of your toolbars off and set things to open in new windows.

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Re: aparently you've never used it
by mario on Tuesday 16/Sep/2003, @15:00

I defintely wouldn't wat mozilla to have a web browser with a spacial interface, damn taht would be a pain, I think it sucks too, but I guess I need to try a real implementation first.

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