bulia byak wrote:
I'm afraid there are many who are used to the current behavior (e.g. for viewing documents or views of the same document side by side).
Personally I have always preferred the model where there is one encompassing program window, and then sub windows contained within it. I can't stand millions of separate windows (i.e. GIMP). The taskbar only shows one item for the program instead of one for each document open. If the tabs you are talking about could be "minimized" (using the term loosely) you could achieve the side-by-side behavior.
Here is a screen shot showing what I mean: http://gbanaszk.oasis.nexus.carleton.ca/SummerOfCode/docsSideBySide.png
Just something to keep in the back of your mind...
As a side note, I am highly in favor of docking things. The reason is the same as why I like the model mentioned above: I like things to be organized and organizable! I hope you can get dockers working well for all OS's without too much hassle.
Gail