On Wed, 17 Mar 2004 12:11:02 +0100, "Thorsten Froehlich"
<tho### [at] trfde> wrote:

>Photoshop never featured a root window on the operating system it was
>orginally designed for.

I believe it was not the case back when I used it on MacOS 7
(PhotoShop 2.5.1 and 3.0). I am aware of the fact this is so on MacOS
X but you have to agree, if you have ever used the GIMP, that the
difference in useability and workflow is vast. Of course one should
solely attribute it to lacking a root window because Adobe shows how
it can be done well. But on MacOS X it actually makes sense. In KDE,
it does not (nor in Windows).

>It only does so on Windos because originally it was
>considered to be "good" Windos application design to use this window in a
>window mess.

And indeed it makes sense when working under Windows.

>Of course, Microsoft has long abandoned this nonsense for most
>of their applications...

Really? Can you please point examples?

Is root-window-less design really considered more efficient and if
yes, why? Can you point some useability studies that prove the point?
I am asking from a professional point of view, not only from pure
curiosity.


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