Monday, January 31, 2005

generic browser descriptions

There are two classes of browser:

single doucment interface (SDI), and
multi-document interface (MDI).

Both support files and web pages using GRML, CSV, and delimited formats.

The browser interface has three parts. The navigation area contains the navigation buttons and the address bar. The dockable area contains the toolbars and windows to support file and web browsing.

(GRML) Blog Title

(GRML) Blog Date
(GRML) Blog Size
(GRML) Blog Company
(GRML) Blog Category

(GRML) Blog Title
(GRML) Blog Date
(GRML) Blog Size
(GRML) Blog Company

(GRML) Blog Category

The viewing area displays content using files and web pages. The viewing area in SDI browsers has only one display window. With MDI browsers, there is a workspace to support multiple display windows.

Definition.

A browser reads and displays files and web pages. The file format, it uses, determines the type of the browser. For example, Bar Graph MDI is a GRML browser.

Browsers share the following attributes: navigation buttons, address bar, dockable toolbars, and dockable windows. MDI browsers have a workspace. SDI browsers do not.

(GRML) Blog Title
(GRML) Blog Date
(GRML) Blog Size
(GRML) Blog Company
(GRML) Blog Category

(GRML) Blog Title
(GRML) Blog Date
(GRML) Blog Size
(GRML) Blog Company
(GRML) Blog Category

Each browser supports navigation history. Also, each has a history window, to load and save file and web page requests.