[gopher] Re: UI design of the next new gopher client?

["Peter Tynan" <happy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

2008/6/16  <sonicmctails@xxxxxxx>:
> I've been reviewing some of the older gopher clients around, mostly 
> WS_Gopher, and HGopher, I used WS_Gopher back in the day,.and I always 
> thought it was a great program, but times have changed since 1994 when it was 
> first released.
> The biggest question is should it be an SDI program, an MDI program, or 
> something else?
>
> HGopher is a SDI (Single Document Inferface) window with back/forward 
> buttons. Other modern examples
> are firefox, IE, and most programs
>
> WS_Gopher is a MDI program, like older versions of Office (MDI sorta died 
> out, but it comes and goes).
>
> I could also implement a tabbed browsing system for Gopher. Any suggestions 
> are welcome.
> Michael

I vote tabbed

Peter