cballen@hubcap.clemson.edu (charles allen) (04/06/91)
To avoid confusion launching programs... If someone tryies to launch a second (or third) copy of a program, send them back to the previous one (like the mac, so you say.) If the program writer doesn't want to allow multiple copies, let the program gently notify the user of this, and put him into a document window. If the program writer does allow multiple copies, put an option under the program's FILE menu to launch a totally separate, independant copy of the program. When a person tries to launch a second copy by any other way, the first program should explain the existence of the option, and put them back into a document window. This keeps it simple for the simple minded, and allows flexibility for advanced users. AND it doesn't seem to me that this would be very hard on the programmer if WINDOWS handled it's end properly. (This is not intended to be implemented with the current version, but it would be nice for later ones.)