Re: MDI vs SDI. Which is Better?

On 2025-07-11, Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> wrote:

The unparalleled GNU/Linux software which I utilize, including
global industrial standards like Matlab and Mathematica, all have
a SDI interface with completely independent windows.
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If you don't know what MDI/SDI is just read about it here, dumbfuck:
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<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple-document_interface> 
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Most Micro$lop Winblows junk does use the MDI and a lot of the
junk GNU/Linux DEs like GNOME and KDE have software based on
MDI.
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Which do you prefer?  MDI or SDI?
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It's not that that I give a flying fuck because I already know
that you are beaten distro lackey that could not exercise choice
if your life depended upon it, but I just want to get some idea
as to how how far the mainstream distro infection has penetrated.
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I thank you in advance (for nothing).
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Depends on the context.  I'm glad they got rid of it in Microsoft
office.

Best is being able to chose whether a new document is its own windows or
not, such as being able to tear off a tab, or with Emacs, open a new
window.

I don't have a preference, only that I think SDI works most of the time,
and MDI is better in some situations where the documents are tightly
coupled.